Effect of changing body temperature on the ventilatory and metabolic responses of lean and obese Zucker rats.

doi:10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.R531

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Effect of changing body temperature on the ventilatory and metabolic responses of lean and obese Zucker rats.

The American journal of physiology - 1 Aug 1998

Maskrey M, Megirian D, Farkas G A

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We measured body temperature (Tb) and ventilatory and metabolic variables in lean (n = 8) and obese (n = 8) Zucker rats. Measurements were made while rats breathed air, 4% CO2, and 10% O2. Under control conditions, Tb in obese rats was always less than that of their lean counterparts. Obese rats...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Body Temperature
Body Temperature Regulation
Body Weight
Carbon Dioxide
Hot Temperature
Hypercapnia
Hyperoxia
Male
Obesity
Oxygen Consumption
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Zucker
Respiration
Thinness
Time Factors

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