Mesenteric infusion of a volatile fatty acid prevents body weight loss and transiently restores luteinising hormone pulse frequency in ovariectomised, food-restricted ewes

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 699-710

  Szymanski, L A ^a,d   Schneider, J E ^a   Satragno, A ^b   Dunshea, F R ^c   Clarke, I J ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin; LH secretion; Metabolic fuels; Metabolic sense; Propionate; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROPIONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EWE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INFUSION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MESENTERIC VEIN INFUSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESENTERY; OVARIECTOMY; PROPIONATES; SHEEP; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79960218830     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02173.x     Document Type: Article

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