Regulation of leptin receptor, POMC and AGRP gene expression by photoperiod and food deprivation in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of the male Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

Appetite

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-111

  Mercer, J G ^a   Moar, K M ^a   Ross, A W ^a   Morgan, P J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; APPETITE STIMULANT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TISSUE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RECEPTOR GENE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0034017845     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.1999.0301     Document Type: Article

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