A 35 amino acid fragment of leptin inhibits feeding in the rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 5182-5185

  Samson, Willis K ^a   Murphy, Tonya C ^a   Robison, Dana ^a   Vargas, Trini ^a   Tau, Eng ^b   Chang, Jaw Kang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADIPOCYTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029806443     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.11.8895397     Document Type: Article

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