Daily melatonin administration to middle-aged male rats suppresses body weight, intraabdominal adiposity, and plasma leptin and insulin independent of food intake and total body fat

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 487-497

  Wolden Hanson, T ^a   Mitton, D R ^a   McCants, R L ^a   Yellon, S M ^a   Wilkinson, C W ^a   Matsumoto, A M ^a   Rasmussen, D D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELATONIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034465880     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.2.7311     Document Type: Article

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