Circannual changes in stress and feeding hormones and their effect on food-seeking behaviors

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 AUG, 2013, Pages

  Cahill, Shaina ^a   Tuplin, Erin ^a   Holahan, Matthew R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding; Ghrelin; Glucocorticoids; Leptin; Seasonal variation; Stress

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GHRELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE; LEPTIN;

AUTUMN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CIRCULATION; CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE TEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REVIEW; REWARD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

EID: 84904868566     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00140     Document Type: Review

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