Direct calorimetry identifies deficiencies in respirometry for the determination of resting metabolic rate in C57Bl/6 and FVB mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 305, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Burnett, Colin M L ^a   Grobe, Justin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Heat; Metabolic rate; Respirometry; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETER; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIROMETER; RESPIROMETRY; RESTING METABOLIC RATE;

CALORIMETRY; HEAT; METABOLIC RATE; RESPIROMETRY; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CALORIMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84884929609     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00387.2013     Document Type: Article

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