Effects of acute and chronic administration of the melanocortin agonist MTII in mice with diet-induced obesity

Diabetes

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1337-1345

  Pierroz, Dominique D ^a   Ziotopoulou, Mary ^a   Ungsunan, Linda ^a   Moschos, Stergios ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^a   Mantzoros, Christos S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPHYLAXIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036312394     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.5.1337     Document Type: Article

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