Leptin enters the brain by a saturable system independent of insulin

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Banks, William A ^a,b   Kastin, Abba J ^a   Huang, Weitao ^a   Jaspan, Jonathan B ^a   Maness, Lawrence M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Autoradiography; Blood brain barrier; Choroid plexus; Distribution; Hypothalamus; Insulin; Leptin; OB protein; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029864416     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(96)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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