Expression and localization of the leptin receptor in endocrine and neuroendocrine tissues of the rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Zamorano, Pedro L ^a   Mahesh, Virendra B ^a   De Sevilla, Liesl M ^a   Chorich, Lynn P ^a   Bhat, Ganapathy K ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GT1 cells; In situ hybridization; Leptin receptor; Obese gene; Ovary; Rats; Testis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OBESITY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031019079     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127276     Document Type: Article

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