The role of falling leptin levels in the neuroendocrine and metabolic adaptation to short-term starvation in healthy men

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1409-1421

  Chan, Jean L ^a   Heist, Kathleen ^a   DePaoli, Alex M ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Mantzoros, Christos S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT METHIONYL HUMAN LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STARVATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPINEPHRINE; FASTING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0037651108     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200317490     Document Type: Article

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