Relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity and plasma leptin concentration

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 338-340

  Snitker, Søren ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic fibers; Electrophysiology; Microneurography; Obesity; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MUSCLES; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031179154     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00561.x     Document Type: Article

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