The contrasting effects of Ad libitum and restricted feeding of a diet very high in saturated fats on sex ratio and metabolic hormones in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-604

  Alexenko, Andrei P ^a   Mao, Jiude ^a   Ellersieck, Mark R ^a   Davis, Angela M ^a   Whyte, Jeffrey J ^a   Rosenfeld, Cheryl S ^a   Roberts, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; ICF1; Leptin; Mouse; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE; LEPTIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HORMONES; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

MUS;

EID: 34848878901     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.062174     Document Type: Article

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