Ontogeny of hyperphagia in the Zucker (fa/fa) rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 44-4, 1998, Pages

  Kowalski, Timothy J ^a   Ster, Andrea M ^a   Smith, Gerard P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Development of food intake; Genetic obesity; Independent ingestion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPERPHAGIA; LATENT PERIOD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031769587     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.r1106     Document Type: Article

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