Behavioral and physiological effects of photoperiod-induced migratory state and leptin on a migratory bird, Zonotrichia albicollis: I. Anorectic effects of leptin administration

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-286

  Cerasale, David J ^a,b   Zajac, Daria M ^c   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fat; Food intake; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Leptin resistance; Migration

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPARROW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 83555163644     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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