Seasonal neuroendocrine rhythms in the male Siberian hamster persist after monosodium glutamate-induced lesions of the arcuate nucleus in the neonatal period

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 701-712

  Ebling, Francis J P ^a   Arthurs, Owen J ^a   Turney, Ben W ^a   Cronin, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Feed intake; MSg; NMDA; Pelage; Photoperiod; Seasonal reproduction; Testis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOLTING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASES; CRICETINAE; EPIDIDYMIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MOLTING; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; ORGAN SIZE; PERIODICITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0031825454     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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