Impaired branched chain amino acid metabolism alters feeding behavior and increases orexigenic neuropeptide expression in the hypothalamus

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Purpera, Megan N ^a   Shen, Li ^a   Taghavi, Marzieh ^b   Münzberg, Heike ^a   Martin, Roy J ^a   Hutson, Susan M ^b   Morrison, Christopher D ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; LEPTIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXIGENIC NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE DELETION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 83455235598     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-11-0270     Document Type: Article

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