Intestinal perfusion indicates high reliance on paracellular nutrient absorption in an insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-355

  Price, Edwin R ^a   Brun, Antonio ^b,c   Fasulo, Verónica ^b   Karasov, William H ^a   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arabinose; Bat; Flight; Nutrient absorption; Paracellular absorption; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTULOSE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BAT; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE PERFUSION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 84870834087     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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