Leptin access into the brain: A saturated transport mechanism in obesity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 717-720

  Burguera, Bartolome ^a   Couce, Marta E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human brain; Hypothalamic nuclei; Leptin receptor; Ob gene; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; GROWTH DISORDER; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT;

EID: 0035851884     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00615-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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