Leptin: Fundamental aspects

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue , 1999, Pages 22-28

  Trayhurn, P ^a   Hoggard, N ^a   Mercer, J G ^a   Rayner, D V ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Leptin; Ob gene; Sympathetic nervous system; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BONE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FETUS (ANATOMY); FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RECEPTOR GENE; SUGAR TRANSPORT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0033038862     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800791     Document Type: Article

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