Lack of leptin activity in blood samples of Adélie penguin and bar-tailed godwit

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-122

  Yosefi, Sara ^a   Hen, Gideon ^a   Rosenblum, Charles I ^b   Cerasale, David J ^c   Beaulieu, Michaël ^d   Criscuoloand, Francois ^d   Friedman Einat, Miriam ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GODWIT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77957141100     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-10-0177     Document Type: Article

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