Leptin and the regulation of food intake and the neuroendocrine axis in sheep

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 106-107

  Clarke, Iain J ^a   Henry, Belinda ^a   Iqbal, Javed ^a   Goding, James W ^b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Luteinizing hormone; Neuropeptide Y; Obesity; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; EATING; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SHEEP;

EID: 0035163978     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03410.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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