adipose tissue
• reduced fat content when fed ad libitum a standard or obesity-prone regiment
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behavior/neurological
• male mutants ate less food (about 10% fewer calories) than wild-type over 24 hours
• transient hyperphagia in response to a high fat diet was not seen in mutants
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growth/size/body
• at 20 weeks of age, male mutants weighed 24% less than wild-types when maintained ad libitum on standard chow
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• males fed an obesity-prone regiment gained less weight than wild-types on the standard or obesity-prone diet and did not become obese
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homeostasis/metabolism
• males fed an obesity-prone regiment gained less weight than wild-types on the standard or obesity-prone diet and did not become obese
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• plasma insulin levels were low in males fed standard chow and remained low in males fed the obesity-prone diet
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• reduced plasma leptin levels in male mutants maintained ad libitum on standard chow
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• increased insulin sensitivity on obesity-prone diet compared to wild-type on the same diet, however blood glucose did increase
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• leptin injection induced a higher weight loss (4.7% in wild-type vs. 7.5% in mutants) in mutant males than in wild-type
(J:93697)
• leptin injection induced greater decrease in food intake
(J:93698)
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nervous system
• absence of agonist-induced field excitatory postsynaptic potential inhibition (98% of baseline in mutants compared to 29% in wild-type)
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• tetanic stimulation (at 13-Hz) of prelimbic cortical afferents did not induce a long term depression
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