Central administration of leptin to ovariectomized ewes inhibits food intake without affecting the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland: Evidence for a dissociation of effects on appetite and neuroendocrine function

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1175-1182

  Henry, Belinda A ^a   Goding, James W ^b   Alexander, Warren S ^c   Tilbrook, Alan J ^d   Canny, Benedict J ^d   Dunshea, Frank ^e   Rao, Alexandra ^a   Mansell, Ashley ^f   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^f SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP;

EID: 0032941038     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.3.6604     Document Type: Article

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