Estradiol-induced hypophagia is associated with the differential mRNA expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides

Estradiol participates in the control of energy homeostasis, as demonstrated by an increase in food intake and in body weight gain after ovariectomy in rats. In the present study, female Wistar rats (200-230 g, N = 5-15 per group), with free access to chow, were individually housed in metabolic cage...

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Main Authors: L.E.C.M. Silva, M. Castro, F.C. Amaral, J. Antunes-Rodrigues, L.L.K. Elias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2010-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000800009