Structural and functional evidence supporting a role for leptin in central neural pathways influencing blood pressure in rats

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-696

  Montanaro, Marisa S ^a   Allen, Andrew M ^a   Oldfield, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 26044475601     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.030775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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