Regulation of body fat content?

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 1 55-1, 2004, Pages

  Wade, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; LEPTIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; LIPECTOMY; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLITE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0346096888     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00583.2003     Document Type: Editorial

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