Changes in neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the arcuate nucleus during and after food restriction in lactating rats

Brain Research

Volumn 761, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 306-312

  Abizaid, Alfonso ^a   Walker, C D ^b   Woodside, Barbara ^a,c  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food restriction; Lactation; Neuropeptide Y; Reproductive function

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFEEDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LACTATION; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030747832     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00351-X     Document Type: Article

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