Thyroid hormone and vitamin D regulate VGF expression and promoter activity
The Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) survives winter by decreasing food intake and catabolizing abdominal fat reserves, resulting in a sustained, profound loss of body weight. Hypothalamic tanycytes are pivotal for this process. In these cells, short-winter photoperiods upregulate deiodinase 3,...
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Bioscientifica
2015
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38678/ |