Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 411-422 , April 2010

Effect of high-fat feeding on expression of genes controlling availability of dopamine in mouse hypothalamus

  • Alex K. Lee, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Marjan Mojtahed-Jaberi, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Theodosios Kyriakou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
    • Present address: Procardis Group, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • Estibaliz Aldecoa-Otalora Astarloa, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Genomics Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Matthew Arno, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Genomics Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Nichola J. Marshall, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Susan D. Brain, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Sandra D. O'Dell, D.Phil.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-20-7848-3177; fax: +44-20-7848-4195.

Received 24 October 2008 ,Accepted 8 May 2009.

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 This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust project grant 073142. A. K. Lee is supported by an MRC Doctoral training account and N. J. Marshall by a BHF studentship.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.007

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 411-422 , April 2010

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