The regulation of seasonal changes in food intake and body weight

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 827-833

  Ebling, Francis J P ^a   Barrett, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circannual; Energy balance; Hamster; Photoperiod; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; BROMODEOXYCYTIDINE; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; NESTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTIRELIN; RADIOLIGAND; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATABOLISM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 45549087105     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01721.x     Document Type: Review

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