Serum leptin levels in wild and captive populations of baboons (Papio): Implications for the ancestral role of leptin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4315-4320

  Banks, William A ^a,b,e   Phillips Conroy, Jane E ^c   Jolly, Clifford J ^d   Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ARTICLE; BABOON; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034853160     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.9.7874     Document Type: Article

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