Leptin does not reduce body fat content but augments cold defense abilities in thermoneutrally reared rat pups

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 434, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 694-697

  Stehling, Oliver ^a   Döring, Heiko ^a   Nuesslein Hildesheim, Barbara ^a   Olbort, Martin ^a   Schmidt, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Thermoregulation; Zucker rats

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; LEPTIN; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, ZUCKER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031416671     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050453     Document Type: Article

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