Gonadal hormones determine sensitivity to central leptin and insulin

Diabetes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 978-987

  Clegg, Deborah J ^a   Brown, Lynda M ^a   Woods, Stephen C ^a   Benoit, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CALORIC INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; LONG EVANS RAT; ORCHIECTOMY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33745298324     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 00121797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.55.04.06.db05-1339     Document Type: Article

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