At 24 °C Lep-/- mice are hyperphagic compared to the Lep+/+ mice. Reducing the ambient temperature from 24 to 6 °C (3 °C per day) was accompanied by a graded parallel increase in food intake in both control and Lep-/- mice. The rate of increase in food intake per degree Celsius reduction in ambient ...
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus