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Modified control of breathing in genetically obese (ob/ob) mice.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Aug 1996
Tankersley C, Kleeberger S, Russ B, Schwartz A, Smith P
Abstract excerpt
Attenuated hypercapnic chemosensitivity and hypoventilation are characteristics periodically associated with human obesity. We tested the hypothesis that ventilatory control is altered by genetic determinants and age-dependent factors that influence the obese phenotype. To this end, the magnitude and pattern of breathing were examined before and associated with the development of obesity in C57BL/6J mice...
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