Independent and additive effects of central POMC and leptin pathways on murine obesity

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5343, 1997, Pages 1641-1644

  Boston, Bruce A ^a   Blaydon, Kathryn M ^a   Varnerin, Jeffrey ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biostatist and Res Data Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE LOCUS; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLIC RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; CROSSES, GENETIC; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; NEURONS; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030678119     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5343.1641     Document Type: Article

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