Leptin differentially regulates NPY and POMC neurons projecting to the lateral hypothalamic area

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 775-786

  Elias, Carol F ^a   Aschkenasi, Carl ^a   Lee, Charlotte ^a   Kelly, Joseph ^a   Ahima, Rexford S ^a   Bjorbæk, Christian ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0033180532     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)80035-0     Document Type: Article

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