The roles of melanin-concentrating hormone in energy balance and reproductive function: Are they connected

Reproduction

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Naufahu, Jane ^a   Cunliffe, Adam D ^a,b   Murray, Joanne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; OREXIN A;

BRAIN REGION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FAT MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOPHAGIA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOCOMOTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; METABOLIC RATE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION; UTERUS GROWTH;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MELANINS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY HORMONES; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84885624179     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0385     Document Type: Review

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