Leptin is released from the human brain: Influence of adiposity and gender

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2270-2274

  Wiesner, Glen ^a,d   Vaz, Mario ^a,e   Collier, Greg ^b   Seals, Douglas ^c   Kaye, David ^a   Jennings, Gary ^a   Lambert, Gavin ^a   Wilkinson, Dominic ^a   Esler, Murray ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033305752     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.7.2270     Document Type: Article

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