Fasting of mice: A review

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 225-240

  Jensen, T L ^a   Kiersgaard, M K ^a   Sorensen D B ^b   Mikkelsen, L F ^c  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MSD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fasting; Mice; Nutrition; Refinement; Torpor

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIET RESTRICTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; METABOLISM; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

FASTING; MICE; NUTRITION; REFINEMENT; TORPOR;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING; EATING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HORMONES; MICE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84890188445     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023677213501659     Document Type: Review

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