Obesity-prone rats have normal blood-brain barrier transport but defective central leptin signaling before obesity onset

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 1 55-1, 2004, Pages

  Levin, Barry E ^a,b   Dunn Meynell, Ambrose A ^a,b   Banks, William A ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptin receptor; Leptin resistance; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0347988175     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00393.2003     Document Type: Article

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