Effects of leptin on melanin-concentrating hormone expression in the brain of lean and obese Lep(ob)/Lep(ob) mice

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Huang, Qingling ^c   Viale, Agnès ^a   Picard, Frédéric ^c   Nahon, Jean Louis ^a   Richard, Denis ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Behavior; Food intake; Leptin; Melanin concentrating hormone; Mouse; Obesity

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFUSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPLEEN; STATISTICS; TESTIS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0041938628     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054413     Document Type: Article

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