Plasma leptin-binding activity and hypothalamic leptin receptor expression during pregnancy and lactation in the rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1762-1767

  Seeber, Ruth M ^a   Smith, Jeremy T ^a   Waddell, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Lactation; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; DRUG RESISTANCE; EATING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; REFERENCE VALUE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; LEPTIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035988225     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.6.1762     Document Type: Article

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