Hyperphagia in cold-adapted rats: A possible role for neuropeptide Y

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Székely, Miklós ^a   Balaskó, Márta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Fasting; Food intake; Neuropeptide Y; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING; FEMALE; HYPERPHAGIA; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; EATING; FASTING; FEMALE; HYPERPHAGIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033287551     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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