Growth and development of male "little" mice assessed with Park's theory of feeding and growth

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-78

  Puche, Rodolfo C ^a   Alloatti, Rosa ^a   Chapo, Gustavo ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; Growth hormone; Obesity; Park's law of feeding and growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; EATING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036767579     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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