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Fat Body

Known as: body fat, Body, Fat, Fat Bodies 
A nutritional reservoir of fatty tissue found mainly in insects and amphibians.
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Review
1988
Review
1988
Histology of the ovaries and fat bodies of Chthonerpeton indistinctum
Histological analysis revealed three different stages in the development of ovarian follicles of Chthonerpeton indistinctum… 
1985
1985
Seasonal changes in liver and fat body masses in the lizard Agama stellio stellio (Sauria, Agamidae)
Seasonal change in liver and fat body masses of Agama stellio stellio are described. Females have significantly heavier liver and… 
1982
1982
Effect of PGE1 on lipid mobilization from pupal fat bodies of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
The effects of PGE1 and prostaglandin E (PGE) ext. on lipid mobilization from fat bodies of B. mori pupae were studied… 
1976
1976
Massive pseudoproteinuria caused by nafcillin.
RECENTLY, we saw two patients in whom a heavy concentration of urinary protein reported from the laboratory was eventually proved… 
1972
1972
Toxicity and sterilization effectiveness of aflatoxins B 1 and G 1 and distribution of aflatoxin B 1 - 14 C in house flies.
Aflatoxins B1 and G1were administered orally to adult Musca Domestica L., and their effects on sterility and morality were… 
1969
1969
Tyrosinase activity of the symbionts and fat bodies of the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae.
Tyrosinase activity of the symbionts, and fat bodies of the (Madeira) cockroach, Leucophaea maderae, revealed the following: (a… 
1968
1968
Experimental evidence for a gonadal-fat body relationship in two teiid lizards (Ameiva festiva, Ameiva quadrilineata).
1. Percentages of the total body weight comprised by both fat bodies ranged in field samples of female Ameiva quadrilineata from… 
1967
1967
The calcium-stimulated incorporation of ethanolamine and serine into the phospholipids of the housefly Musca domestica.
1. The calcium-stimulated incorporation of [2-(14)C]ethanolamine and l-[3-(14)C]-serine into the phospholipids of homogenates of… 
1961
1961
Studies on pigs reared on diets low in tocopherol and essential fatty acids
Although the role of tocopherol in the nutrition of small laboratory animals has been extensively investigated, relatively little… 
1950
1950
The turnover of body fat in obesity resulting from hypothalamic injury studied with the aid of deuterium.
THE depot fat of the normal laboratory animal has been shown to participate in the “dynamic steady state” in that its molecules…