Appearance of a nocturnal peak of leptin secretion in the pubertal rat

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-352

  Nagatani, Shoji ^a   Guthikonda, Padma ^a   Foster, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Leptin; Puberty; Rat

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 0033944942     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1582     Document Type: Article

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