Nerves, Fat, Insulin Resistance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1966-1967

  Boden, Guenther ^b   Hoeldtke, Robert D ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MODEL; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0242574699     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr035229     Document Type: Short Survey

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