Comparison of long-term feeding pattern between male and female Fischer 344 rats: Influence of estrous cycle

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 2 39-2, 1996, Pages

  Laviano, Alessandro ^b   Meguid, Michael M ^a   Gleason, John R ^b   Yang, Zhong Jin ^b   Renvyle, Tad ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

automated computerized rat eater meter; estrous cycle; food intake; meal number; meal size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MEAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029940050     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.2.r413     Document Type: Article

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