Leucine intake affects brain activity and central expression of genes associated with food intake, energy homeostasis and reward.
Leucine injections directly into the brain decrease food intake whereas supplementation of this amino acid in a diet has a negligible effect on food intake. We sought to investigate why orally supplemented leucine is ineffective as an anorexigen. We found that mice consuming leucine exhibited increa...
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Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling
2011
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-13104 |