Obesity-associated melanocortin-4 receptor mutations are associated with changes in the brain response to food cues

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2014, Pages E2101-E2106

  Van Der Klaauw, Agatha A ^a   Von Dem Hagen, Elisabeth A H ^b   Keogh, Julia M ^a   Henning, Elana ^a   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a   Lawrence, Andrew D ^b,c   Calder, Andrew J ^b   Farooqi, I Sadaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; MC4R PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PUTAMEN; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ADOLESCENT; APPETITE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; GENETICS; HYPERPHAGIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOSTRIATUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOSTRIATUM; OBESITY; OXYGEN; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907646497     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1651     Document Type: Article

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