Effect of diet on the response to leptin in the marsupial Sminthopsis crassicaudata

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Hope, Perdita J ^a   Chapman, Ian ^a   Morley, John E ^b   Horowitz, Michael ^a   Wittert, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Calorie; Fat; Food intake

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033049638     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r373     Document Type: Article

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