A reassessment of leptin's role in triggering the onset of puberty in the rat and mouse

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-21

  Cheung, Clement C ^a   Thornton, Janice E ^c   Nurani, Shafeena D ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^b   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food restriction; Gonadotropins; In situ hybridization; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Mouse; Puberty; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0034933072     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054666     Document Type: Article

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