Obese reversal by a chronic energy restricted diet leaves an increased Arc NPY/AgRP, but no alteration in POMC/CART, mRNA expression in diet-induced obese mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Yu, Yinghua ^a   Deng, Chao ^a   Huang, Xu Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy intake; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptide; Obese reversal; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY FATS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70349299827     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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