Thyroid hormones correlate with basal metabolic rate but not field metabolic rate in a wild bird species.

Thyroid hormones (TH) are known to stimulate in vitro oxygen consumption of tissues in mammals and birds. Hence, in many laboratory studies a positive relationship between TH concentrations and basal metabolic rate (BMR) has been demonstrated whereas evidence from species in the wild is scarce. Even...

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Main Authors: Jorg Welcker, Olivier Chastel, Geir W Gabrielsen, Jerome Guillaumin, Alexander S Kitaysky, John R Speakman, Yann Tremblay, Claus Bech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23437096/?tool=EBI