| seasonal changes in body mass, serum leptin levels and hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression in male eothenomys olitor. | the present study examined seasonal changes in body mass and energy metabolism in the chaotung vole (eothenomys olitor) and the physiological mechanisms underpinning these changes. seasonal changes in the following parameters were measured in male e. olitor, body mass, food intake, thermogenesis, enzyme activity, masses of tissues and organs, hormone concentrations and expression of hypothalamic arcuate nucleus energy balance genes including neuropeptide y (npy), agouti-related protein (agrp), p ... | 2015 | 25700741 |