Glucocorticoid-dependency of increased adiposity in a model of hypothalamic obesity

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Perelló, Mario ^a   Moreno, Griselda ^a   Gaillard, Rolf C ^b   Spinedi, Eduardo ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal enucleation; Adrenalectomy; Glucocorticoid; Insulin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELATONIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY COMPOSITION; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 3242752886     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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