Assessment of the aversive consequences of acute and chronic administration of the melanocortin agonist, MTII

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 550-556

  Benoit, S C ^a,c   Sheldon, R J ^a,b   Air, E L ^a   Messerschmidt, P ^a   Wilmer, K A ^a   Hodge, K M B ^b   Jones, M B ^b   Eckstein, D M M ^b   McOsker, C C ^b   Woods, S C ^a   Seeley, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Food intake; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; MELANOTAN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE AVERSION;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; MALE; MICE; OBESITY; RATS; TASTE DISORDERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038704629     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802280     Document Type: Article

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