Photoperiod and gender affect adipose tissue growth and cellularity in juvenile Syrian hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 493-501

  Plunkett, Stephanie S ^a   Fine, Jacqueline B ^b   Bartness, Timothy J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Carcass composition; Development; Food intake; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT; SEX HORMONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMSTER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE GROWTH; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0034481049     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00364-4     Document Type: Article

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