A hypercaloric pellet-diet cycle induces obesity and co-morbidities in wistar rats

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 968-974

  Nascimento, André F ^a   Sugizaki, Mário M ^a   Leopoldo, André S ^a   Lima Leopoldo, Ana P ^a   Luvizotto, Renata A M ^a   Nogueira, Célia R ^a   Cicogna, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet induced obesity; Hypercaloric diet; Metabolic syndrome; Rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249144563     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302008000600007     Document Type: Article

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