Conditional deletion of neurogenin-3 using Nkx2.1iCre results in a mouse model for the central control of feeding, activity and obesity

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1133-1145

  Anthwal, Neal ^a   Pelling, Michelle ^a   Claxton, Suzanne ^a   Mellitzer, Georg ^b,d   Collin, Caitlin ^b   Kessaris, Nicoletta ^c   Richardson, William D ^c   Gradwohl, Gérard ^b   Ang, Siew Lan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CART GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROGENIN 3 GENE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POMC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE DELETION; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTEGRASES; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISCERA;

EID: 84883888324     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.011916     Document Type: Article

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