Leptin and ghrelin: What is the impact on pituitary function?

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Casanueva, Felipe F ^a   Dieguez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACTH; GH; Ghrelin; Gonadotrophins; Leptin; TSH

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GHRELIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; GONAD FUNCTION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LACTATION; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

GONADS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEPTIN; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 17644414933     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-005-5223-1     Document Type: Review

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