The obesity in bilateral ovariectomized rats is related to a decrease in the expression of leptin receptors in the brain

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1349-1353

  Kimura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^a   Yasui, Toshiyuki ^a   Saito, Seiichiro ^a   Tezuka, Michiko ^a   Yamano, Shuji ^a   Kamada, Masaharu ^a   Aono, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Long form; Short form

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0036298762     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6355     Document Type: Article

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