Sex-associated differences in the leptin and ghrelin systems related with the induction of hyperphagia under high-fat diet exposure in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Priego, Teresa ^a   Sánchez, Juana ^a   Picó, Catalina ^a   Palou, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Feeding regulation; Ghrelin; High fat diet; Hyperphagia; Leptin; NPY; POMC; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; WISTAR RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STOMACH;

EID: 58149139120     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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