Leanness in postnatally nutritionally programmed rats is associated with increased sensitivity to leptin and a melanocortin receptor agonist and decreased sensitivity to neuropeptide y

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1040-1046

  Stocker, C J ^a   Wargent, E T ^a   Martin Gronert, M S ^b   Cripps, R L ^b   O'Dowd, J F ^a   Zaibi, M S ^a   Cottrell, E C ^b   Mercer, J G ^c   Duncan, J S ^c   Cawthorne, M A ^a   Ozanne, S E ^b   Arch, J R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alpha melanocortin agonist (MTII); hypothalamus; leptin sensitivity; neuropeptide Y (NPY); postnatal nutrition

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST MTII; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84864705036     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.226     Document Type: Article

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