Leptin gene expression in the brain and pituitary gland

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5995-5998

  Morash, Barbara ^a   Li, Audrey ^a   Murphy, Paul R ^a   Wilkinson, Michael ^a   Ur, Ehud ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; CHOROID PLEXUS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033304752     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.12.7288     Document Type: Article

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