Leptin, the obese gene product, rapidly modulates synaptic transmission in the hypothalamus

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 230-235

  Glaum, Steven R ^a,b   Hara, Manami ^a   Bindokas, Vytautas P ^a   Lee, Chong C ^a   Polonsky, Kenneth S ^a   Bell, Graeme I ^a   Miller, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CALCIUM; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, ZUCKER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029811162     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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