Research Article

Oral Metformin Treatment Counteracts Adipoinsular Axis Dysfunction in Hypothalamic Obese Rats

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Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass (a) and mRNA levels (in arbitrary units, AU) of leptin (b) in 90-day-old CTR and MSG-damaged male rats, either treated or untreated with metformin (MSG + MF). Values are means ± SEM ( pads per group). versus MSG values.  versus CTR values.
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