Enhanced Expression of Rat Obese (ob) Gene in Adipose Tissues of Ventromedial Hypothalamus-Lesioned Rats

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EndocrinologyInternal medicineAdipose tissueHypothalamusGene expressionBiologyGeneObesityMessenger RNAMedicineGenetics

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 211
Issue: 2
Pages: 469-475
Citations: 126
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                                    Tohru Funahashi, 
                                
                                    Iichiro Shimomura, 
                                
                                    Haruo HIRAOKA
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Enhanced Expression of Rat Obese (ob) Gene in Adipose Tissues of Ventromedial Hypothalamus-Lesioned Rats. 
                            Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
                            , 211
                            (2)
                            , 469-475.
                            https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1995.1837
                        

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DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1995.1837