Leptin is a metabolic gate for the onset of puberty in the female rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 855-858

  Cheung, Clement C ^a   Thornton, Janice E ^a,c   Kuijper, Joseph L ^b   Weigle, David S ^a,b   Clifton, Donald K ^a   Steiner, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

EID: 0031057818     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.2.5054     Document Type: Article

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