David O. Foster

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

David O. Foster is a scholar working on Physiology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David O. Foster has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 10 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in David O. Foster's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (24 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (10 papers). David O. Foster is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (24 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (10 papers). David O. Foster collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. David O. Foster's co-authors include M. Lorraine Frydman, Henry A. Lardy, Paul D. Ray, W. Y. Stephanie, Graham W. Burton, Earl Shrago, K. U. Ingold, Robert C. Nordlie, Florent Depocas and L. Hughes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

David O. Foster

47 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nonshivering thermogenesis in the rat. II. Measurements o... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1979 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. Nonshivering thermogenesis in the rat. II. Measurements of blood flow with microspheres point to brown adipose tissue as the dominant site of the calorigenesis induced by noradrenaline
    1978 555 citations David O. Foster, M. Lorraine Frydman Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology profile →
  2. Tissue distribution of cold-induced thermogenesis in conscious warm- or cold-acclimated rats reevaluated from changes in tissue blood flow: The dominant role of brown adipose tissue in the replacement of shivering by nonshivering thermogenesis
    1979 439 citations David O. Foster, M. Lorraine Frydman Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology profile →

Peers

David O. Foster
Karim S. Echtay United Kingdom
Michael Y. Aksenov United States
Kim Zarse Germany
Enrique Cadenas United States
Fulvio Marzatico Italy
А. А. Болдырев Russia
Carolin Cornelius Italy
Kiefer W. Daniel United States
Kishorchandra Gohil United States
Ângelo Rafael Carpinelli Brazil
Karim S. Echtay United Kingdom
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All Works

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Preston, Edward & David O. Foster. (1997). Evidence for pore-like opening of the blood-brain barrier following forebrain ischemia in rats. Brain Research. 761(1). 4–10. 41 indexed citations
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Preston, Edward & David O. Foster. (1993). Diffusion into rat brain of contrast and shift reagents for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. NMR in Biomedicine. 6(5). 339–344. 15 indexed citations
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Ingold, K. U., Graham W. Burton, L. Hughes, David O. Foster, & Bertrand Robillard. (1990). Vitamin E Activity of 1-Thio-α-Tocophero as Measured by the Rat Curative Myopathy Bioassay. Free Radical Research Communications. 11(4-5). 207–211. 3 indexed citations
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Ingold, K. U., Graham W. Burton, David O. Foster, & L. Hughes. (1990). Is methyl-branching in α-tocopherol's “tail” important for its in vivo activity? Rat curative myopathy bioassay measurements of the vitamin E activity of three 2RS-n-alkyl-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-6-hydroxychromans. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 9(3). 205–210. 22 indexed citations
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Dutton, Philip J., David O. Foster, Graham W. Burton, & K. U. Ingold. (1990). Simon metabolites of α-tocopherol are not formed via a rate-controlling scission of the 3′C-H bond. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 9(5). 435–439. 9 indexed citations
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Stephanie, W. Y. & David O. Foster. (1989). Brown adipose tissue, liver, and diet-induced thermogenesis in cafeteria diet-fed rats. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 67(4). 376–381. 35 indexed citations
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Stephanie, W. Y., et al.. (1988). Absence of increased oxygen consumption in brown adipose tissue of rats exhibiting "cafeteria" diet-induced thermogenesis. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 66(11). 1347–1354. 29 indexed citations
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Stephanie, W. Y., B. Nadeau, & David O. Foster. (1987). Evidence for liver as the major site of the diet-induced thermogenesis of rats fed a "cafeteria" diet. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 65(8). 1802–1804. 46 indexed citations
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Stephanie, W. Y. & David O. Foster. (1986). Starvation-induced changes in metabolic rate, blood flow, and regional energy expenditure in rats. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 64(9). 1252–1258. 71 indexed citations
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Burton, Graham W., David O. Foster, Bruno Perly, et al.. (1985). Biological antioxidants. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 311(1152). 565–578. 96 indexed citations
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Foster, David O., et al.. (1982). Unilaterality of the sympathetic innervation of each pad of rat interscapular brown adipose tissue. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 60(2). 107–113. 58 indexed citations
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Foster, David O. & M. Lorraine Frydman. (1978). Brown Adipose Tissue: The Dominant Site of Nonshivering Thermogenesis in the Rat. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 32. 147–151. 62 indexed citations
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Depocas, Florent, Willy A. Behrens, & David O. Foster. (1978). Noradrenaline-induced calorigenesis in warm- and in cold-acclimated rats: The interrelation of dose of noradrenaline, its concentration in arterial plasma, and calorigenic response. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 56(2). 168–174. 37 indexed citations
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Foster, David O., et al.. (1977). Nonshivering thermogenesis in the rat. I. The relation between drug-induced changes in thermogenesis and changes in the concentration of plasma cyclic AMP. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 55(1). 52–64. 8 indexed citations
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Foster, David O.. (1974). Evidence against a Mediatory Role of Brown Adipose Tissue in the Calorigenic Response of Cold-Acclimated Rats to Noradrenaline. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 52(6). 1051–1062. 21 indexed citations
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Ray, Paul D., David O. Foster, & Henry A. Lardy. (1966). Paths of Carbon in Gluconeogenesis and Lipogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241(17). 3904–3908. 135 indexed citations
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Ray, Paul D., David O. Foster, & Henry A. Lardy. (1964). Mode of Action of Glucocorticoids. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239(10). 3396–3400. 79 indexed citations
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Shrago, Earl, Henry A. Lardy, Robert C. Nordlie, & David O. Foster. (1963). Metabolic and Hormonal Control of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase and Malic Enzyme in Rat Liver. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 238(10). 3188–3192. 340 indexed citations

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