Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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 (...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue, Brown
- Agouti Signaling Protein
- Animals
- Aurothioglucose
- Body Composition
- Body Weight
- Carrier Proteins
- Diet
- Diphtheria Toxin
- Eating
- Female
- Hypothalamus
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Ion Channels
- Leptin
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice