The role of leptin in leptin resistance and obesity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Scarpace, Philip J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related obesity; Gene therapy; Leptin resistance; Leptin signaling; Melanocortins

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745197808     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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