Megestrol acetate increases short-term food intake in zinc-deficient rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-330

  Williamson, Patricia S ^a   Browning Jr , Jimmy D ^b   MacDonald, Ruth S ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Insulin like growth factor I; Megestrol acetate; Neuropeptide Y; Rats; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036122412     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00663-1     Document Type: Article

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