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The Role of Endogenous Beta-Endorphin in Food Intake and Glucose Homeostasis in Male and Female Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet
2024-04-08
Abstract excerpt
The rates of obesity and obesity-related diseases continue to increase worldwide, classifying obesity as a global epidemic. Endogenous opioids have been implicated in influencing feeding behavior; however, the role of each opioid peptide is still only partially characterized. Therefore, we assessed the role of the proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived peptide beta-endorphin (β-END) in long-term high-fat diet (HFD) fe...
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- Literature Corpus work
- abc98ce7-504b-53f7-af10-073411de8d71
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202404.0519.v1
