Reduced leptin concentrations are permissive for display of torpor in Siberian hamsters

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 1 56-1, 2004, Pages

  Freeman, David A ^a,c   Lewis, Daniel A ^a   Kauffman, Alexander S ^a,d   Blum, Robert M ^b   Dark, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Energy balance; Hypothermia; Photoperiod; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHERMIA; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PHENOTYPE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORPOR; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HIBERNATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; TELEMETRY;

EID: 3042745464     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00716.2003     Document Type: Article

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