Divergent effects of central melanocortin signalling on fat and sucrose preference in humans

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Van Der Klaauw, Agatha A ^a   Keogh, Julia M ^a   Henning, Elana ^a   Stephenson, Cheryl ^a   Kelway, Sarah ^a   Trowse, Victoria M ^a   Subramanian, Naresh ^a,b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a   Fletcher, Paul C ^a,b   Farooqi, I Sadaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; SUCROSE; MC4R PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELANOCORTIN;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FAT; HORMONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RODENT; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FAT CONTENT; FAT PREFERENCE TEST; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID DIET; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MACRONUTRIENT; OBESITY; SENSORY PERCEPTION TEST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; SUGAR INTAKE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION;

RODENTIA;

BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUGARS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MELANOCORTINS; NEURONS; OBESITY; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE;

EID: 84989964395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13055     Document Type: Article

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