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Normal feeding and body weight in Fischer 344 rats lacking the cholecystokinin-1 receptor gene.
Brain research - 19 Feb 2009
Blevins J E, Overduin J, Fuller J M, Cummings D E, Matsumoto K, Moralejo D H
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A large body of evidence has demonstrated that one mechanism by which cholecystokinin (CCK) inhibits food intake through activation of CCK1 receptors (CCK1R) on vagal afferent neurons that innervate the gastrointestinal tract and project to the hindbrain. OLETF rats, which carry a spontaneous null mutation of the CCK1R, are hyperphagic, obese, and predisposed to type 2 diabetes. Recently, by introgressing the...
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