Table 1.
Hormone | Study | Strain (sex, n) | Type (duration) | Changes after intervention | |
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Mean level | Acrophase shift | ||||
Insulin | Duan et al. (2003) [39] | C57BL/6 mouse (male, 8–10) | ADF (3 months) | ↓ | ND |
Anson et al. (2003) [40] | C57BL/6 mouse (male, 8) | ADF (20 weeks) | ↓ | ND | |
Rubin et al. (1988) [41] | Sprague-Dawley rat (male, 36 or 48) | TRF (3 weeks) | ↑ | 9:30 PM → 12:00–1:00 PM | |
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Corticosterone | Morimoto et al. (1977) [76]a | Sprague-Dawley rat (female, 4 in each sampling time) | TRF (14 days) | ND | 8:00 PM → 12:00 PM |
Wilkinson et al. (1979) [77] | Sprague-Dawley rat (male, 6–8 in each sampling time) | TRF (20 days) | Unchanged | 9:00 PM → 9:00 AM |
ADF, alternate-day fasting; ND, not determined; TRF, time-restricted feeding.
Among three types of experiments, this review summarized the result obtained from Experiment III.