Photoperiod effects on gene expression for hypothalamic appetite-regulating peptides and food intake in the ram

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 1 53-1, 2003, Pages

  Clarke, Iain J ^a   Rao, Alexandra ^a   Chilliard, Yves ^b   Delavaud, Carole ^b   Lincoln, Gerald A ^c  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptin; Seasonality; Sheep

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

EID: 0037216578     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00424.2002     Document Type: Article

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