Hypothalamic CART is a new anorectic peptide regulated by leptin

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6680, 1998, Pages 72-76

  Kristensen, Peter ^a   Judge, Martin E ^a   Thim, Lars ^a   Ribel, Ulla ^a   Christjansen, Kennet N ^a   Wulff, Birgitte S ^a   Clausen, Jes T ^a   Jensen, Per B ^b   Madsen, Ole D ^b   Vrang, Niels ^c   Larsen, Philip J ^c   Hastrup, Sven ^a  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^b HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEPTIN; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RATS, ZUCKER; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032492893     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29993     Document Type: Article

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