Mahogany, blood-brain barrier, and fat mass surge in AVY mice

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1030-1032

  Pan, W ^a   Kastin, A J ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Attractin; Blood brain barrier; Mahogany; NMR; Transport

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; FAT; IODINE 125; MAHOGANY PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; OBESITY;

AGOUTI; MUS; SWIETENIA;

EID: 34249649677     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803536     Document Type: Article

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