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hyperphagia

[‚hī·pər′fā·jə]

(medicine)

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Hyperphagia can lead to significant morbidities (e.g., stomach rupture, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease) and mortality (e.g., choking, accidental death due to food seeking behavior).

Soleno Therapeutics Touts Positive Outcome from Planned Data Safety Monitoring Board Review of Phase III DESTINY PWS Clinical Trial of DCCR in Prader-Willi Syndrome

The most common and treatable form of monogenic obesity is due to mutations in the LEP gene manifesting as hyperphagia and rapid weight gain starting from early infancy (4).

Severe Early Onset Obesity due to a Novel Missense Mutation in Exon 3 of the Leptin Gene in an Infant from Northwest India

Van Assche et al., "Established diet-induced obesity in female rats leads to offspring hyperphagia, adiposity and insulin resistance," Diabetologia, vol.

Cardiac Development and Transcription Factors: Insulin Signalling, Insulin Resistance, and Intrauterine Nutritional Programming of Cardiovascular Disease

The WBKDF rat carries the fatty mutation (fa) in the leptin receptor gene, and homozygous animals (fa/fa) exhibit hyperphagia and obesity, in addition to insulin resistance and glucose intolerance [5-8].

High-Salt Intake Ameliorates Hyperglycemia and Insulin Resistance in WBN/Kob-[Lepr.sup.fa/fa] Rats: A New Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Gao et al., "The act of voluntary wheel running reverses dietary hyperphagia and increases leptin signaling in ventral tegmental area of aged obese rats," Gerontology, vol.

Altered feeding behaviors and adiposity precede observable weight gain in young rats submitted to a short-term high-fat diet

Those include hyperphagia [16], temper tantrums [17], obsessive-compulsive behaviors [18, 19], repetitive and ritualistic behaviors [20], self-injurious behaviors [21, 22], and hyperactive/impulsive behaviors [23].

Autistic, Aberrant, and Food-Related Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome: The Effects of Age and Genotype

hermaphoditum, are the most important food items during hyperphagia, with lingonberry V.

Seasonal and annual variation in the diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in the boreal forest of southcentral Sweden

It was shown that oestrogen decreases hyperphagia via hypothalamic stimuli and furthermore leads to enhanced glucose tolerance, higher insulin sensitivity, and an improved [beta]-cell integrity [8].

Acylcarnitine Profiles in Plasma and Tissues of Hyperglycemic NZO Mice Correlate with Metabolite Changes of Human Diabetes

However, the opposite was observed regarding the individual feed consumption per meal parameter (Figure 1B), indicating hyperphagia in treatments where food frequency was lowest.

Feeding frequency on the production viability of production and quantitative descriptors of parasitism in angelfish/Frequencia alimentar na viabilidade de producao e na descricao quantitativa de parasitas em acara bandeira

Leptin inhibits arcuate NPY production, and genetic knockout of NPY reduces hyperphagia and obesity in ob/ob mice (38).

Neuropeptides in Obesity and Metabolic Disease

[14] Empirical evidence suggested that leptin hormone deficiency or leptin receptor resistance manifest with hyperphagia, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and neuroendocrine disorders.

Relationship between leptin and indices of obesity among apparently healthy adults in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

It should also be noted that the hyperphagia and obesity associated with PWS do not present until late childhood.