Persistence of hormonal and metabolic rhythms during fasting in 7- to 9-day-old rabbits entrained by nursing during the night

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-472

  Morgado, Elvira ^a   Meza, Enrique ^a   Gordon, M Kathleen ^b   Pau, Francis K Y ^c   Juárez, Claudia ^a   Caba, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Corticosterone; Development; Food anticipatory activity; Food entrainable oscillator; Ghrelin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACID; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GLYCOGEN; LACTATION; LEPTIN; LIVER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RABBITS;

EID: 77955282454     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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