A low-protein diet blocks development of hyperphagia and obesity in rats with hypothalamic knife cuts

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1713-1721

  Vander Tuig, Jerry G ^a   Beneke, William M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy balance; obesity; protein; rats; ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPHAGIA; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029984020     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.6.1713     Document Type: Article

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