Hypothalamic Regulation of Food Intake in Obese and Anorexic Avian Models

Chickens from lines that have been divergently selected for either low (LWS) or high (HWS) body weight at 56 days of age for more than 57 generations serve as unique models to study eating disorders. The LWS have different severities of anorexia while all HWS become obese. Over the past decade our g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yi, Jiaqing
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
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NPY
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71349