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Infant satiety depends on transient expression of cholecystokinin-1 receptors on ependymal cells lining the third ventricle in mice.
The Journal of physiology - 1 Mar 2013
Ozaki Tomoya, Mohammad Shahid, Morioka Eri, Takiguchi Soichi, Ikeda Masayuki
Abstract excerpt
Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a hypothetical controller for suckling and infancy body weight, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, the present study analysed the mechanisms using mice lacking the CCK-1 receptor (CCK1R-/-). Although CCK1R-/- mice displayed normal weights at birth and adulthood, CCK1R-/- pups had enlarged adipocytes and were overweight from the first to second week after birth,...
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