Chronic melanocortin 4 receptor blockage causes obesity without influencing sexual behavior in male rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 419-426

  Vergoni, A V ^a   Bertolini, A ^a   Guidetti, G ^a   Karefilakis, V ^a   Filaferro, M ^a   Wikberg, J E S ^a   Schioth, H B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033843855     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1660419     Document Type: Article

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