Photoperiod, sex, gonadal steroids, and housing density affect body fat in hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 517-529

  Bartness, Timothy J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Carcass composition; Dihydrotestosterone; Estradiol; Food intake; Obesity; Reproduction; Siberian hamsters; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GONADECTOMY; HAMSTER; HOUSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0030221046     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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