GH and ghrelin increase with fasting in a naturally adapted species, the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 533-539

  Ortiz, R M ^a   Noren, D P ^a   Ortiz, C L ^a,b   Talamantes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NITROGEN; SOMATOMEDIN C; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPECIES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS; WEANING;

EID: 0141507911     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1780533     Document Type: Article

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