Marginal zinc deficiency in rats decreases leptin expression independently of food intake and corticotrophin-releasing hormone in relation to food intake

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-489

  Kwun, In Sook ^a   Cho, Young Eun ^a   Lomeda, Ria Ann R ^a   Kwon, Soon Tae ^a   Kim, Yangha ^b   Beattie, John H ^c  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Food intake; Growth; Leptin; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIET; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34548030009     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507730763     Document Type: Article

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