Caloric restriction: Impact upon pituitary function and reproduction

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-224

  Martin, Bronwen ^a   Golden, Erin ^a   Carlson, Olga D ^a   Egan, Josephine M ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^a,b   Maudsley, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Neuroendocrine pulsatility; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GALANIN LIKE PEPTIDE; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE YY; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SOMATOMEDIN; STRESS HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMORBIDITY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; HORMONES; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 51649113431     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2008.01.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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