Sugar flux through the flight muscles of hovering vertebrate nectarivores: a review

2014/07/16 by Kenneth C. Welch, Chris C. W. Chen · 1 citation
Chemistry · Environmental Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Biochemistry #Biology #Chemistry #Ecology #Endocrinology #Flux (metallurgy) #Fructose #GLUT4 #Glucose transporter #Glucose uptake #Hummingbird #Insulin #Internal medicine #Medicine #Nectar #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Regulation of Appetite and Obesity #Sugar

paper · doi:10.1007/s00360-014-0843-y

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