Ontogeny of hyperphagia in the Zucker (fa/fa) rat.

doi:10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.R1106

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Ontogeny of hyperphagia in the Zucker (fa/fa) rat.

The American journal of physiology - 1 Oct 1998

Kowalski T J, Ster A M, Smith G P

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The ontogeny of hyperphagic behavior in the Zucker fatty (fa/fa) rat was examined. Wild-type, +/fa, and fa/fa pups aged postnatal day 5 (P5), P9, P12, P15, and P18 were evaluated using a test that measured ingestive behavior independent of the dam. The independent ingestive test consisted of givi...

Topics

Aging
Animals
Body Weight
Female
Genotype
Heterozygote
Hyperphagia
Male
Obesity
Rats
Rats, Zucker
Thinness
Weight Gain

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