Onset of genetic obesity in the absence of hyperphagia during the first week of life in the Zucker rat (fa/fa).
The aim of this study was to discover which of three major abnormalities of the genetically obese Zucker rat (fa/fa), namely hyperphagia, excess adiposity, and hyperlipidemia, is the first to appear prior to manifest obesity, i.e., before weaning. Suckling fa/fa rats, bred from heterozygous parents,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1979-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752040015X |