Gonadal steroids and hypothalamic galanin and neuropeptide Y: Role in eating behavior and body weight control in female rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1771-1780

  Leibowitz, Sarah F ^a   Akabayashi, Akira ^b   Alexander, Jesline T ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GALANIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

EID: 0031734097     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.4.5867     Document Type: Article

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