High paracellular nutrient absorption in intact bats is associated with high paracellular permeability in perfused intestinal segments

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3311-3317

  Brun, Antonio ^a   Price, Edwin R ^b   Gontero Fourcade, Manuel N ^a   Fernandez Marinone, Guido ^a,c   Cruz Neto, Ariovaldo P ^d   Karasov, William H ^b   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^a,c  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas de San Luis   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Akodon montensis; Arabinose; Artibeus lituratus; Bats; Carollia perspicillata; Flight; Intestinal perfusion; Intestine; Mediated absorption; Mus musculus; Paracellular absorption; Rattus norvegicus; Sturnira lilium

Indexed keywords

AKODON MONTENSIS; ANIMALIA; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; STURNIRA LILIUM;

ANIMAL; BAT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SIGMODONTINAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHIROPTERA; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; MICE; RATS; SIGMODONTINAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84920961683     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.104927     Document Type: Article

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