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Oxytocin's inhibitory effect on food intake is stronger in obese than normal-weight men

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Animal studies and pilot experiments in men indicate that the hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin limits food intake, and raise the question of its potential to improve metabolic control in obesity. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We compared the effect of central nervous oxytocin administra...

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Autores principales: Thienel, M, Fritsche, A, Heinrichs, M, Peter, A, Ewers, M, Lehnert, H, Born, J, Hallschmid, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27553712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.149