Melanocortin-4 receptor mutations paradoxically reduce preference for palatable foods

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 7050-7055

  Panaro, Brandon L ^a   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Food preference; Reward

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC DENSITY; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EATING; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENE DELETION; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84876841128     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304707110     Document Type: Article

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