Low-dose leptin reverses skeletal muscle, autonomic, and neuroendocrine adaptations to maintenance of reduced weight

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3579-3586

  Rosenbaum, Michael ^a,b   Goldsmith, Rochelle ^a   Bloomfield, Daniel ^a   Magnano, Anthony ^a   Weimer, Louis ^a   Heymsfield, Steven ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^a   Mayer, Laurel ^a   Murphy, Ellen ^a   Leibel, Rudolph L ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HORMONE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TISSUE LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 31044444463     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI25977     Document Type: Article

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