The OB Protein (Leptin) Pathway - A Link between Adipose Tissue Mass and Central Neural Networks

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 619-623

  Campfield, L A ^a   Smith, F J ^a   Burn, P ^a  

^a Hoffman La Roche Department of Metabolic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Energy balance; Feeding; Hypothalamus; ob gene; OB R receptor; Obesity; Obesity genes

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CHOROID PLEXUS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0030467446     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979867     Document Type: Review

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