A signaling role for leptin in puberty onset in female rats?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1239-1247

  Zeinoaldini, S ^a   Swarts, J J M ^a   Van de Heijning, Bert J M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body fat; Food restriction; Leptin; Nutritional status; Puberty onset

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; VAGINA;

EID: 37849186858     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.10.1239     Document Type: Article

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