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Alterations in activity and energy expenditure contribute to lean phenotype in Fischer 344 rats lacking the cholecystokinin-1 receptor gene.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 15 Dec 2012
Blevins James E, Moralejo Daniel H, Wolden-Hanson Tami H, Thatcher Brendan S, Ho Jacqueline M, Kaiyala Karl J, Matsumoto Kozo
Abstract excerpt
CCK is hypothesized to inhibit meal size by acting at CCK1 receptors (CCK1R) on vagal afferent neurons that innervate the gastrointestinal tract and project to the hindbrain. Earlier studies have shown that obese Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, which carry a spontaneous null mutation of the CCK1R, are hyperphagic and obese. Recent findings show that rats with CCK1R-null gene on a Fischer 344...
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