Chronic administration of OB protein decreases food intake by selectively reducing meal size in female rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 1 44-1, 1998, Pages

  Eckel, Lisa A ^a   Langhans, Wolfgang ^b   Kahler, Andrea ^b   Campfield, L Arthur ^c   Smith, Françoise J ^c   Geary, Nori ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Hoffman La Roche Department of Metabolic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Estrus cycle; Feeding; Leptin; Obesity; Satiety; Spontaneous meal patterns

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEST MEAL;

EID: 0031846614     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.1.r186     Document Type: Article

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