Parasite-induced anorexia: Leptin, insulin and corticosterone responses to infection with the nematode, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Roberts, H C ^a,b,c   Hardie, L J ^a,d   Chappell, L H ^b   Mercer, J G ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticotrophin releasing factor; Galanin; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptide Y; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Parasite induced anorexia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GALANIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOSTERONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0032922204     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003503     Document Type: Article

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