Leptin increases energy expenditure and selectively promotes fat metabolism in ob/ob mice

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Hwa, Joyce J ^a   Fawzi, Ahmad B ^a   Graziano, Michael P ^a   Ghibaudi, Lorraine ^a   Williams, Patricia ^a   Van Heek, Margaret ^a   Dävis, Harry ^a   Rudinski, Mark ^a   Sybertz, Edmund ^a   Strader, Catherine D ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Food intake; Indirect calorimetry; Leptin; Obesity; Respiratory quotient; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745384872     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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