Leptin accelerates the onset of puberty in normal female mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 391-395

  Ahima, Rexford S ^a   Dushay, Jody ^a   Flier, Sarah N ^a   Prabakaran, Daniel ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Estrus; Ob protein; Vaginal opening

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOGONADISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGINA;

EID: 0030868077     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119172     Document Type: Article

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