Predisposition to late-onset obesity in GIRK4 knockout mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8148-8153

  Perry, Cydne A ^a   Pravetoni, Marco ^a   Teske, Jennifer A ^b   Aguado, Carolina ^c   Erickson, Darin J ^d   Medrano, Juan F ^e   Luján, Rafael ^c   Kotz, Catherine M ^b   Wickman, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Energy balance; Hypothalamus; Kir3

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KCNJ5 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GIRK1 GENE; GIRK2 GENE; GIRK3 GENE; GIRK4 GENE; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 45849107222     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803261105     Document Type: Article

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