Leptin signaling

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-241

  Ahima, Rexford S ^a   Osei, Suzette Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Neuropeptide; Obesity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; GALANIN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELATONIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OREXIN; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME REGULATION; FEEDING; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPODYSTROPHY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STARVATION; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 2442670123     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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