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Role of neuropeptide Y in diet-, chemical- and genetic-induced obesity of mice.
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Jun 1998
Hollopeter G, Erickson J C, Palmiter R D
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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to ascertain whether neuropeptide Y (NPY) is required in mice for the development of obesity induced by a high-fat diet (HFD), chemical lesions of the hypothalamus caused by monosodium glutamate (MSG) or gold thioglucose (GTG), impaired brown adipose tissue (BAT) due to a diphtheria toxin transgene driven by the uncoupling protein 1 promoter (UCP-DTA) or the lethal yellow...
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