Melanin-concentrating hormone: From fish skin to skinny mammals

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Pissios, Pavlos ^a   Maratos Flier, Eleftheria ^a  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG INFUSION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN;

EID: 0038268438     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(03)00079-1     Document Type: Review

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