The role of ghrelin in the neuroendocrine reproductive and appetite axes in sheep
Nutrition and photoperiod modulate appetite and reproductive neuroendocrine axes in seasonal animals like sheep. Stomach-derived ghrelin is implicated in both axes and this thesis examines its role in sheep. The first experiment describes immunolocalisation of ghrelin and its functional receptor (GH...
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University of Aberdeen
2006
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424964 |