Intermittent administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor ameliorates glucose metabolism in obese diabetic mice

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-133

  Ono, Michiko ^a   Itakura, Yasushi ^a   Nonomura, Takeshi ^a   Nakagawa, Tsutomu ^a   Nakayama, Chikao ^a   Taiji, Mutsuo ^a   Noguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HUMAN RECOMBINANT BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033963228     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(00)90988-0     Document Type: Article

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