Leptin action in the forebrain regulates the hindbrain response to satiety signals

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 703-710

  Morton, Gregory J ^a   Blevins, James E ^b   Williams, Diana L ^a   Niswender, Kevin D ^a   Gelling, Richard W ^a   Rhodes, Christopher J ^c   Baskin, Denis G ^b,d   Schwartz, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; FOREBRAIN; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; MEAL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SATIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE THERAPY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEURONS; OBESITY; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SATIETY RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 14644429670     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200522081     Document Type: Article

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