From fat fruit fly to human obesity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-21

  Smith, Wanli W ^a   Thomas, Joseph ^a   Liu, Jingnan ^a   Li, Tianxia ^a   Moran, Timothy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Fat deposition; Feeding behavior; Genetic tools; Metabolic homeostasis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; FAT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT FLY MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MODEL; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; FATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84917734608     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.01.017     Document Type: Review

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