Competition in newborn rabbits for thermally advantageous positions in the litter huddle is associated with individual differences in brown fat metabolism

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-194

  Bautista, Amando ^a   Castelán, Francisco ^a   Pérez Roldán, Humberto ^a   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a,b   Hudson, Robyn ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Development; Individuality; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Thermoregulation; UCP 1

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84879525180     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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