Influence of photoperiod and gonadal status on food intake, adiposity, and gene expression of hypothalamic appetite regulators in a seasonal mammal

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Anukulkitch, Chantacha ^a,e   Rao, Alexandra ^a,e   Dunshea, Frank R ^b   Blache, Dominique ^c   Lincoln, Gerald A ^d   Clarke, Iain J ^a,e  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leptin receptor; Neuropeptide Y; Pro opiomelanocortin; Sex steroids; Soay ram

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; UREA;

EID: 33846193593     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00417.2006     Document Type: Article

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