Glucocorticoids reverse leptin effects on food intake and body fat in mice without increasing NPY mRNA

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 277, Issue 4 40-4, 1999, Pages

  Solano, Joel M ^a   Jacobson, Lauren ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Body composition; Feeding behavior; Metabolism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032738377     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.4.e708     Document Type: Article

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