Regulation of appetite and body weight in seasonal mammals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Mercer, Julian G ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptin; Neuropeptide Y; Phodopus; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAMSTER; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMALS; MICE; RATS; SEASONS;

EID: 0032100258     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)00018-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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