Repeated fasting/refeeding elevates plasma leptin without increasing fat mass in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-464

  Kim, Yong Woon ^a,b   Scarpace, Philip J ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Leptin expression; Plasma leptin; Repeated fasting and refeeding; Visceral fat mass

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FAT CONTENT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFEEDING; RNA ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0037347670     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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