Leptin enhances ovulation and attenuates the effects produced by food restriction

The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of chronic feed deprivation on the ovulatory process, and to assess whether leptin administration is able to alter these effects. Prepuberal rats subjected to food restriction and primed with gonadotrophins were used. Body and ovarian weights we...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Roman, E.A., Ricci, A.G., Faletti, A.G.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Food restriction
Leptin
Nitric oxide (rat ovary)
Ovulation
Prostaglandins
gonadotropin
leptin
nitric oxide
nitric oxide synthase
progesterone
prostaglandin E2
animal tissue
article
body weight
controlled study
diet restriction
enzyme activity
enzyme inhibition
female
food deprivation
food intake
hormone action
inhibition kinetics
nonhuman
ovary
ovulation
prepuberty
priority journal
progesterone blood level
protein expression
rat
tissue level
Animals
Dinoprostone
Female
Food Deprivation
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
Organ Size
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03037207_v242_n1-2_p33_Roman
Aporte de:
Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares