Regina Vasilatos-Younken

Publications

Vasilatos-Younken, R., Y. Zhou, X. H. Wang, J. P. McMurtry, E. Decuypere, N. Buys, V. Darras, and F. Tomas. 2000. "Altered chicken thyroid hormone metabolism with chronic growth hormone (GH) enhancement in vivo : Consequences for skeletal muscle growth." J. Endocrinol. 166:609-20.

Wang, X. H., J. Day, Y. Zhou, J. Beard, and R. Vasilatos-Younken. 2000. "Evidence of a role for neuropeptide Y and monoamines in mediating the appetite suppressive effect of growth hormone." J. Endocrinol. 166:621-30.

McMurtry, J. P., C. Ashwell, R. Richards, and R. Vasilatos-Younken. 2000. "Leptin: Molecular biology and physiology in birds." In: Avian Endocrinology . A. Dawson & C. M. Chartuvedi, eds. New Dehli, India: Narosa Publishing House; pp. 1-7.

Wang, X.-H., J. R. Day, and R. Vasilatos-Younken. 2001. "Distribution of neuropeptide Y (NPY) gene expression in the chicken brain." Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 174:129-36.

Farhat, A., C. W. Maddox, M. E. Edwards, M. H. Costell, J. A. Hadley, and R. Vasilatos-Younken. 2002. "Oral lavage with polyethylene glycol reduces microbial colonization in the gastrointestinal tract of broilers." Poultry Sci. 81:585-89.

Farhat, A., M. E. Edwards, M. H. Costell, J. A. Hadley, P. N. Walker, and R. Vasilatos-Younken. 2002. "A low residue nutritive supplement as an alternative to feed withdrawal in broilers: Efficacy of gastrointestinal tract emptying and maintenance of live weight prior to slaughter." Poultry Sci. 81:1,406-14.

Zhou, Y., X.-H. Wang, J. A. Hadley, S. J. Corey and R. Vasilatos-Younken. 2003. "Regulation of JAK2 protein expression by chronic, pulsatile GH administration in vivo : A proposed mechanism for ligand enhancement of signal transduction." J. Endocrinol. (submitted) .