Leptin injection into white adipose tissue elevates renal sympathetic nerve activity dose-dependently through the afferent nerves pathway in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-110

  Tanida, Mamoru ^a   Iwashita, Soh ^a   Ootsuka, Youichirou ^a   Terui, Naohito ^a   Suzuki, Masashige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afferent nerve; Blood pressure; Leptin; Rat; Renal sympathetic nerves activity; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; INSULIN; KIDNEY; LACTIC ACID; LEPTIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034722118     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01490-7     Document Type: Article

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