Effects of lifelong moderate caloric restriction on levels of neuropeptide Y, proopiomelanocortin, and Galanin mRNA

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  McShane, Teresa M ^a   Wilson, Melinda E ^a   Wise, Phyllis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032940732     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.1.B14     Document Type: Article

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