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Body Weight - Genetics
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Definition of 'Body Weight'The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Common names: Body Weight; Body Weights; Weight, Body; Weights, Body |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Genetic variation for body weight change in mice in response to physical exercise.
19 Sep 2009 
BACKGROUND: Physical activity is beneficial in reducing the weight gain and associated health problems often experienced by individuals as they age, but the association of weight change with physical activity remains complex. We tested for a ... Read more...
14 Sep 2009 Leptin-stimulated Stat3 activation in proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-expressing neurons of the hypothalamus plays an important role in maintenance of energy homeostasis. While Stat3 activation in POMC neurons is required for POMC expression, the role of ... Read more...
14 Sep 2009 Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder, caused by a polyglutamine expansion in the huntingtin protein (htt). Increasing evidence suggests that transglutaminase (TGase) plays a critical role in the ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Body Weight - Genetics'
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- Genetic variation for body weight change in mice in response to physical exercise. 19 Sep 2009
- Enhanced Stat3 activation in POMC neurons provokes negative feedback inhibition of leptin and insulin signaling in obesity. 14 Sep 2009
- Striatal expression of a calmodulin fragment improved motor function, weight loss, and neuropathology in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease. 14 Sep 2009
- Functional requirement of AgRP and NPY neurons in ovarian cycle-dependent regulation of food intake. 31 Aug 2009
- Physiological parameters in broiler lines divergently selected for the incidence of ascites. 30 Aug 2009
- Obesity genes identified in genome-wide association studies are associated with adiposity measures and potentially with nutrient-specific food preference. 17 Aug 2009
- Maternal and postweaning diet interaction alters hypothalamic gene expression and modulates response to a high-fat diet in male offspring. 3 Aug 2009
- Energy intake and energy expenditure among children with polymorphisms of the melanocortin-3 receptor. 3 Aug 2009
- Cross-breed comparisons identified a critical 591-kb region for bovine carcass weight QTL (CW-2) on chromosome 6 and the Ile-442-Met substitution in NCAPG as a positional candidate. 2 Aug 2009
- Hypothalamic neuronal histamine signaling in the estrogen deficiency-induced obesity. 6 Jul 2009
- Central NMU signaling in body weight and energy balance regulation: evidence from NMUR2 deletion and chronic central NMU treatment in mice. 5 Jul 2009
- Modelling dominance in a flexible intercross analysis.
26 Jun 2009 - Multifactorial analysis of a mixed-longitudinal sample of Indian siblings: Age and sex effects on heritability. 21 Jun 2009
- Hypergravity modulates vitamin D receptor target gene mRNA expression in mice. 21 Jun 2009
- Genetic variation of FTO and TCF7L2 in premature adrenarche. 16 Jun 2009
- The double-stranded RNA-binding protein, PACT, is required for postnatal anterior pituitary proliferation. 15 Jun 2009
- FGF21 induces PGC-1alpha and regulates carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism during the adaptive starvation response. 14 Jun 2009
- Genetic growth potential interacts with nutrition on the ability of mice to cope with Heligmosomoides bakeri infection. 13 Jun 2009
- Functional implications for modulating neuropeptide Y gene expression in the dorsomedial hypothalamus.
8 Jun 2009 - Association between leptin gene polymorphisms and growth traits in Limousin cattle. 30 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Body Weight'
Definition: The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
Descriptor UI: D001835
Alternative terms: Body Weight; Body Weights; Weight, Body; Weights, Body;
Related Mesh Headings: Obesity;
Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethnology;
Tree Number: C23.888.144; E01.370.600.115.100.160.120; E05.978.077.160.750; G07.100.100.160.120; G07.700.320.249.314.120;