Hyperinsulinemia in rats with obesity-inducing amygdaloid lesions

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  King, Bruce M ^a   Cook, Jack T ^b   Dallman, Mary F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adrenocorticotropin; amygdala; body weight; corticosterone; feeding behavior; glucose; insulin

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029903886     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.5.r1156     Document Type: Article

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