Reflex effects from leptin sensors in the white adipose tissue of the epididymis to the efferent activity of the sympathetic and vagus nerve in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Niijima, Akira ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Leptin sensor; Sympathetic nerve; Vagus nerve; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EPIDIDYMIS; LIVER; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EPIDIDYMIS; LEPTIN; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033525580     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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