Localization of leptin receptor immunoreactivity in the lean and obese Zucker rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 785, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-90

  Yarnell, Deborah O ^a   Knight, David S ^b   Hamilton, Kathryn ^b   Tulp, Orien ^a   Tso, Patrick ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptin; Neuropeptide Y; Obesity; Oxytocin; Vasopressin; Zucker

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; THINNESS;

EID: 0032559570     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01388-7     Document Type: Article

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