Gluconeogenesis is associated with high rates of tricarboxylic acid and pyruvate cycling in fasting northern elephant seals

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-352

  Champagne, Cory D ^a   Houser, Dorian S ^b   Fowler, Melinda A ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Crocker, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose production; Nuclear magnetic resononace; Pinnipedia

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PYRUVIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOGENESIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPRODUCTION; SEAL;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MALE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP); PYRUVATES; SEALS, EARLESS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 84865621762     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00042.2012     Document Type: Article

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