Effects of cold exposure, exogenous melatonin and short-day treatment on the weight-regulation and body temperature of the Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Korhonen, Tuula ^a   Mustonen, Anne Mari ^b   Nieminen, Petteri ^b   Saarela, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Ghrelin; Insulin; Leptin; Photoperiod; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 48849108897     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2007.09.033     Document Type: Article

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