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Reproduction is an energetically expensive process that can be postponed under adverse metabolic conditions in an attempt to conserve energy for processes more vital to the immediate survival of the individual. The sensory receptors and afferent signaling methods involved, have …

This research examines the metabolic and hormonal control of appetitive ingestive behavior in Syrian hamsters. Circulating metabolic fuels, leptin, insulin and levels of body fat change with metabolic challenges, and all have been implicated in the control of ingestive behavior.…

In this thesis an integrated software tool: MetaboLogic was developed. This software not only integrates most of the techniques developed in Metabolic Flux Analysis (MFA), but also two mathematical techniques for finding multiple optimal solution and designing tracer experiments…