Oral leucine supplementation is sensed by the brain but neither reduces food intake nor induces an anorectic pattern of gene expression in the hypothalamus

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Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zampieri, Thais T ^a   Pedroso, João A B ^a   Furigo, Isadora C ^a   Tirapegui, Julio ^a   Donato Jr , Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN FOS; S6 KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BCAT1 GENE; BCAT2 GENE; BCKDK GENE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEUCINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, OBESE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84892513597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084094     Document Type: Article

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