Temporal changes in gene expression in the arcuate nucleus precede seasonal responses in adiposity and reproduction

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1940-1947

  Ross, Alexander W ^a   Bell, Lynn M ^a   Littlewood, Pauline A ^a   Mercer, Julian G ^a   Barrett, Perry ^a   Morgan, Peter J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN 2; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 1; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR GROWTH FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H3; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRODUCTION; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS;

EID: 15444377402     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1538     Document Type: Article

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