Leptin-independent hyperphagia and type 2 diabetes in mice with a mutated serotonin 5-HT(2C) receptor gene

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1152-1156

  Nonogaki, Katsunori ^a   Strack, Alison M ^a,b   Dallman, Mary F ^a   Tecott, Laurence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPERPHAGIA; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSALITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY FATS; EATING; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPHAGIA; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031721271     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2647     Document Type: Article

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