Gonadal and photoperiodic influences on body mass regulation in adult male and female prairie voles

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 39-5, 1996, Pages

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; arvicoline rodents; castration; estradiol; gonadectomy; ov ary; photoperiodism; seasonal cycles; testis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; VOLE;

EID: 0029895713     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.5.r1013     Document Type: Article

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