Leptin116-130 stimulates prolactin and luteinizing hormone secretion in fasted adult male rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Gonzalez, Lucas C ^a   Pinilla, Leonor ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a   Aguilar, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food deprivation; Gonadotropins; Leptin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; GONADORELIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FASTING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032586279     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054479     Document Type: Article

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