Postnatal development of the ob gene system: Elevated leptin levels in suckling fa/fa rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  Rayner, D V ^a   Dalgliesh, Gillian D ^a   Duncan, Jacqueline S ^a   Hardie, Laura J ^a   Hoggard, Nigel ^a   Trayhurn, Paul ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Ob mRNA; Obesity; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SUCKLING; WEANING; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0030844586     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.1.r446     Document Type: Article

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