Adult consequences of post-weaning high fat feeding on the limbic-HPA axis of female rats

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-530

  Boukouvalas, George ^a   Gerozissis, Kyriaki ^b   Kitraki, Efthimia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Paris Sud 11 University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Female rat brain; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Insulin; Leptin receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INSULIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIPID DIET; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; WEANING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DIETARY FATS; EATING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PUBERTY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77956264745     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9476-1     Document Type: Article

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