Chronic subcutaneous leptin infusion diminishes the responsiveness of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in female rhesus monkeys

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-458

  Wilson, Mark E ^a   Fisher, Jeffrey ^a   Brown, Juliet ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CRH; Glucocorticoid negative feedback; HPA axis; Leptin; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 14844333573     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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