Endocrine Abstracts

Calorie restriction (CR), a form of dietary regime which reduces caloric intake below the habitual unrestricted food intake is a strategy to control weight. The benefits associated with CR are numerous but the associated constant feeling of hunger makes adherence to the CR regime difficult. In the present study certain appetite regulatory hormones and endocrine markers during CR were studied. Male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly divided into control and test groups (<em...

Background: Arginine vasopressin (AVP) changes during altitude acclimatization is of clinical interest as increases in their plasma levels (with reference to sea-level (SL)) have been associated with fluid retention accompanied by elevated plasma cortisol levels. Studies have reported no change/ decrease in plasma AVP during ‘normal’ acclimatization. This study was conducted to evaluate plasma AVP changes and the associated physiological changes during chronic exposu...