Abnormalities of leptin and ghrelin regulation in obesity-prone juvenile rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 5 48-5, 2003, Pages

  Levin, Barry E ^a,b   Dunn Meynell, Ambrose A ^a,b   Ricci, Matt R ^c   Cummings, David E ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Research Diets Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Dorsomedial nucleus; Ghrelin receptor; Leptin receptor; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0142020848     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00186.2003     Document Type: Article

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