Short-day weight loss and effect of food deprivation on hypothalamic NPY and CRF mRNA in Djungarian hamsters

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Mercer, Julian G ^a   Bruce Lawrence, C ^a   Moar, Kim M ^a   Atkinson, Terry ^a   Barrett, Perry ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Glucocorticoids; Neuropeptide Y; Phodopus; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030870499     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.2.r768     Document Type: Article

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