Abstract
Summary
Responses of serum cholesterol concentration to electric stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus were determined in fasted rats given stearic, oleic or linoleic acid by direct duodenal instillation. Greatest percentage increase occurred in the saturated, with intermediate and zero responses in the mono- and diunsaturated fatty acid groups respectively, suggesting that the double bond number of the carbon chain influenced the response.
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