Melanocortin-4 receptor is required for acute homeostatic responses to increased dietary fat

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 605-611

  Butler, Andrew A ^a   Marks, Daniel L ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^b   Bartolome, Maria ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPHAGIA; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; REFERENCE VALUES; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034981271     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/88423     Document Type: Article

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