Evidence suggesting that galanin (GAL), melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), neurotensin (NT), proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) are targets of leptin signaling in the hypothalamus

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 795-798

  Sahu, Abhiram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; LEPTIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031764893     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5909     Document Type: Article

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