Leptin increases hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA expression in the rostral arcuate nucleus

Diabetes

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2119-2123

  Schwartz, Michael W ^a,c   Seeley, Randy J ^a   Woods, Stephen C ^a   Weigle, David S ^a   Campfield, L Arthur ^b   Burn, Paul ^b   Baskin, Denis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c Puget Sound VA Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030775971     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.46.12.2119     Document Type: Article

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