Leptin increases energy expenditure and selectively promotes fat metabolism in ob/ob mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Hwa, Joyce J ^a   Fawzi, Ahmad B ^a   Graziano, Michael P ^a   Ghibaudi, Lorraine ^a   Williams, Patricia ^a   Van Heek, Margaret ^a   Davis, Harry ^a   Rudinski, Mark ^a   Sybertz, Edmund ^a   Strader, Catherine D ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

energy metabolism; food intake; indirect calorimetry; leptin; obesity; respiratory quotient; thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID OXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0030920206     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.4.r1204     Document Type: Article

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