The Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Urocortin in Brain Mechanisms Controlling Feed Intake of Sheep

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1529-1535

  Sunagawa, K ^a,b   Weisiger, R S ^a   McKinley, M J ^a   Purcell, B S ^a   Thomson, C ^a   Burns, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; CRF; Feed Intake; Sheep; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360299     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1529     Document Type: Article

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