The Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 on Food Intake, Glucokinase Expression and Fatty Acid Metabolism

The increase in blood levels of GLP-1 with dietary resistant starch is thought to be associated with the activities of hypothalamic NPY/AgRP neurons and the gene expression of glucokinase in the ARC of the hypothalamus. Exendin-4 has been shown to be associated with fatty acid synthesis and oxidati...

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Main Author: Zhang, Hanjie
Other Authors: Roy J Martin
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2009
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07072009-212904/