A comparative study of the central effects of specific proopiomelancortin (POMC)-derived melanocortin peptides on food intake and body weight in pomc null mice.

Tung, Y C Loraine; Piper, Sarah J; Yeung, Debra; O'Rahilly, Stephen; Coll, Anthony P

Tung, Y C Loraine; Piper, Sarah J; Yeung, Debra; O'Rahilly, Stephen; Coll, Anthony P.

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Tung YC; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QR, United Kingdom.

Endocrinology ; 147(12): 5940-7, 2006 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16959830

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Body Weight/drug effects; Central Nervous System/drug effects; Eating/drug effects; Melanocortins/pharmacology; Pro-Opiomelanocortin/genetics; Animals; Appetite Regulation/drug effects; Appetite Regulation/physiology; Drug Administration Routes; Male; Melanocortins/administration & dosage; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Placebos; Pro-Opiomelanocortin/chemistry; Weight Loss/drug effects; alpha-MSH/pharmacology; alpha-MSH/physiology

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Body Weight / Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Central Nervous System / Eating / Melanocortins Language: En Journal: Endocrinology Year: 2006 Type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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