Transcription factor STAT3 in leptin target neurons of the rat hypothalamus

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 420-427

  Håkansson, Marie Louise ^a   Meister, Björn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Neuropeptide Y; Proopiomelanocortin; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032424694     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054392     Document Type: Article

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