Divergent regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein by photoperiod in F344 rats with differential food intake and growth

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 610-619

  Ross, A W ^a   Johnson, C E ^b   Bell, L M ^a   Reilly, L ^a   Duncan, J S ^a   Barrett, P ^a   Heideman, P D ^b   Morgan, Peter J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

AgRP; GHRH; Melatonin; NPY; POMC; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EPENDYMA CELL; FISCHER 344 RAT; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; EATING; HORMONES; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67149120740     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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