Circulating melanin-concentrating hormone, agouti-related protein, and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone levels in relation to body composition: Alterations in response to food deprivation and recombinant human leptin administration

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1047-1054

  Gavrila, Alina ^a   Chan, Jean L ^a   Miller, Lisa C ^b   Heist, Kathleen ^a   Yiannakouris, Nikos ^c   Mantzoros, Christos S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CAFFEINE; ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-MSH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FASTING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MELANINS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES;

AGOUTI;

EID: 14044270219     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1124     Document Type: Article

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