Serotonin transporter deficiency increases abdominal fat in female, but not male rats

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Homberg, Judith R ^a,b   La Fleur, Susanne E ^c,d   Cuppen, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; EATING; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC RAT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; WISTAR RAT;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; EATING; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

RATTUS;

EID: 73949084789     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.139     Document Type: Article

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