Sex differences in feeding behavior in rats: the relationship with neuronal activation in the hypothalamus

Sex differences in feeding behavior in rats: the relationship with neuronal activation in the hypothalamus

There is general agreement that the central nervous system in rodents differs between sexes due to the presence of gonadal steroid hormone during differentiation. Sex differences in feeding seem to occur among species, and responses to fasting (i.e., starvation), gonadal steroids (i.e., testosteron...

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Main Authors: Atsushi eFukushima, Hiroko eHagiwara, Hitomi eFujioka, Fukuko eKimura, Toshiya eFunabashi, Tatsuo eAkema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Feeding Behavior
Hypothalamus
Rats
CREB
orexin
sex differences & hormone effects
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00088/full

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