Maximal thermogenic capacity and non-shivering thermogenesis in the South American subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 971-983

  Luna, Facundo ^a   Roca, Pilar ^b   Oliver, Jordi ^b   Antenucci, C Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de La Salut IUNICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Brown adipose tissue; Cold induced maximum metabolic rate; Non shivering thermogenesis; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BASAL METABOLISM; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RODENTIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS;

CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866705360     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0675-6     Document Type: Article

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