High leptin in pregnant mink (Mustela vision) may exert anorexigenic effects: A permissive factor for rapid increase in food intake during lactation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 411-421

  Tauson, Anne Helene ^a   Forsberg, Mats ^b   Chwalibog, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Insulin; Insulin like growth factor 1; Substrate oxidation; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; THYROID HORMONE; HORMONE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MINK; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; DIET; EATING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORMONES; LACTATION; LEPTIN; MINK; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 1642362239     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041049     Document Type: Review

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