An Obligate Role of Oxytocin Neurons in Diet Induced Energy Expenditure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Zhaofei ^a   Xu, Yuanzhong ^a   Zhu, Yaming ^a   Sutton, Amy K ^d   Zhao, Rongjie ^a   Lowell, Bradford B ^c   Olson, David P ^d   Tong, Qingchun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYTOCIN NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FATS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OBESITY; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84866481242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045167     Document Type: Article

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