Leptin activates neurons in ventrobasal hypothalamus and brainstem

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 839-842

  Elmquist, Joel K ^a,b   Ahima, Rexford S ^a   Maratos Flier, Eleftheria ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031054014     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.2.5033     Document Type: Article

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