Exaggerated stress-induced release of nonesterified fatty acids in JCR:LA-corpulent rats.

doi:10.1016/s0026-0495(98)90310-9

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Exaggerated stress-induced release of nonesterified fatty acids in JCR:LA-corpulent rats.

Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Nov 1998

McArthur M D, Graham S E, Russell J C, Brindley D N

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Studies were performed to test the hypothesis that the stress response is exaggerated in obesity and to identify which component of the response is modified. Chronically cannulated lean (+/+) and obese (cp/cp) JCR:LA rats were subjected to mild restraint stress for 15 minutes. Blood pressure and...

Topics

Animals
Blood Pressure
Catecholamines
Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
Genotype
Glucose Tolerance Test
Hypertriglyceridemia
Immobilization
Insulin Resistance
Lipolysis
Male
Obesity
Rats
Species Specificity
Stress, Physiological

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