No effects of monosodium glutamate consumption on the body weight or composition of adult rats and mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-345

  Tordoff, Michael G ^a   Aleman, Tiffany R ^a   Murphy, Michelle C ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mouse; Dietary obesity; High fat diet; Obesity prone rat; Umami

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 84867221631     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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