Effect of cold exposure on energy budget and thermogenesis during lactation in Swiss mice raising large litters

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-404

  Zhao, Zhi Jun ^a  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxydase (COX); Food intake; Lactation; Nonshivering thermogenesis (NST); Resting metabolic rate (RMR); Swiss mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964799061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.2012661     Document Type: Article

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