Obese mice exhibit an altered behavioural and inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide

• Huvudskapare: Catherine B. Lawrence (Författare, medförfattare), David Brough (Författare, medförfattare), Elysse M. Knight (Författare, medförfattare)
• Materialtyp: Bok
• Publicerad: The Company of Biologists, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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SUMMARY Obesity is associated with an increase in the prevalence and severity of infections. Genetic animal models of obesity (ob/ob and db/db mice) display altered centrally-mediated sickness behaviour in response to acute inflammatory stimuli such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, the effect o...