Neurotrophins, growth-factor-regulated genes and the control of energy balance

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-100

  Salton, Stephen R J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Diabetes; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Nerve growth factor (NGF); Neurotrophin; Obesity; PC12; VGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPIN;

BASE PAIRING; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037340334     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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