Leptin and the neuroendocrinology of fasting

Frontiers of Hormone Research

Volumn 26, Issue , 1999, Pages 42-56

  Ahima, Rexford S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LEPTIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FASTING; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN;

EID: 0033657074     PISSN: 03013073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000061014     Document Type: Article

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