Role of appetite-regulating peptides in adipose physiology in broiler chicks
Peptides that regulate feeding behavior via the brain may also regulate energy storage and expenditure in the adipose tissue, a system collectively known as the "brain-fat axis". Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is orexigenic and promotes adipogenesis in both birds and mammals, although mechanisms in...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74926 |