Effects of a ketogenic diet on adipose tissue, liver, and serum biomarkers in sedentary rats and rats that exercised via resisted voluntary wheel running

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2016, Pages R337-R351

  Holland, Angelia Maleah ^a,b   Kephart, Wesley C ^a   Mumford, Petey W ^a   Mobley, Christopher Brooks ^a   Lowery, Ryan P ^c   Shake, Joshua J ^a   Patel, Romil K ^a   Healy, James C ^a   McCullough, Danielle J ^a,d   Kluess, Heidi A ^a   Huggins, Kevin W ^a   Kavazis, Andreas N ^a,d   Wilson, Jacob M ^c   Roberts, Michael D ^a,d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Applied Science and Performance Institute   (United States)

^d EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Exercise; Insulin; Ketogenic diet; Liver

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD36 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KETOGENIC DIET; LIPID DIET; LIVER; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RUNNING; SERUM; SITTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN DIET; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REST; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, WESTERN; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; KETOGENIC DIET; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REST; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VOLITION;

EID: 84984620236     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00156.2016     Document Type: Article

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