The carbohydrate sensitive rat as a model of obesity.

The carbohydrate sensitive rat as a model of obesity.

BACKGROUND: Sensitivity to obesity is highly variable in humans, and rats fed a high fat diet (HFD) are used as a model of this inhomogeneity. Energy expenditure components (basal metabolism, thermic effect of feeding, activity) and variations in substrate partitioning are possible factors underlyin...

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Main Authors: Nachiket A Nadkarni, Catherine Chaumontet, Dalila Azzout-Marniche, Julien Piedcoq, Gilles Fromentin, Daniel Tomé, Patrick C Even
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3728328?pdf=render

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