Circannual leptin and ghrelin levels of the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) in reference to seasonal rhythms of body mass, adiposity, and food intake

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-36

  Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a   Pyykönen, Teija ^a   Asikainen, Juha ^a   Hänninen, Sari ^a   Mononen, Jaakko ^a   Nieminen, Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FINLAND; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOX; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FINLAND; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOXES; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; PEPTIDE HORMONES; SEASONS;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 12344280194     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.125     Document Type: Article

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