On the value of seasonal mammals for identifying mechanisms underlying the control of food intake and body weight

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-65

  Ebling, Francis J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Body weight; Food intake; Photoperiod; Season; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RETINOIC ACID; THYROID HORMONE;

APPETITE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CBA MOUSE; COMMON VOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EUROPEAN HAMSTER; FISCHER 344 RAT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SIBERIAN HAMSTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TANYCYTE; UNGULATE; ANIMAL; EATING; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMALS; PHOTOPERIOD; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84901919930     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.03.009     Document Type: Review

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