Pituitary beta-endorphin content during spontaneous food intake and body weight cycles in the dormouse, Glis glis.
Pituitary beta-endorphin content was measured in dormice during several distinct phases of the infradian body weight cycle. No significant differences in opiate content among groups were found. It appears unlikely that pituitary concentrations of beta-endorphin have etiological significance in the development of spontaneous obesity in hibernators.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004723:Endorphins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D001615:beta-Endorphin
D004723:Endorphins; D001615:beta-Endorphin