Brain administration of leptin causes deletion of adipocytes by apoptosis

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 791-794

  Qian, Hao ^a   Azain, Michael J ^a   Compton, Mark M ^b   Hartzell, Diane L ^a   Hausman, Gary J ^c   Baile, Clifton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031762922     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5908     Document Type: Article

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