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Influence of food intake timing on daily variations of leptin and other metabolic variables in nzw rabbits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

F. Rosi ,
D. Magistrelli  and
F. Vitrani
F. Rosi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zootecnia Generale, Facoltà di Agraria, Università di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
D. Magistrelli
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zootecnia Generale, Facoltà di Agraria, Università di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
F. Vitrani
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zootecnia Generale, Facoltà di Agraria, Università di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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The 16kDa peptide hormone leptin is an adipose tissue-derived regulator of food intake and energy homeostasis, and a signal of the status of body energy stores to the brain. Plasma levels of leptin reflect body fat mass in humans, rodents and ruminants (Houseknecht et al., 1998; Delavaud et al., 2000). The aim of this study was to investigate circadian rhythms of plasma leptin and other metabolic variables in rabbits, to assess the influence of the timing of food intake and to investigate the relationship between leptin and lipid metabolites.

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Poster Presentations
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 100
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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