Short-days induce weight loss in siberian hamsters despite overexpression of the agouti-related peptide gene

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 564-575

  Jethwa, P H ^a   Warner, A ^a   Fowler, M J ^a   Murphy, M ^b   de Backer, M W ^c   Adan, R A H ^c   Barrett, P ^d   Brameld, J M ^b   Ebling, F J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AgRP; Appetite; Body weight; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAMSTER; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPENDOPARVOVIRUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHODOPUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DEPENDOVIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHODOPUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77954118610     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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