Leptin facilitates and inhibits sexual behavior in female hamsters

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Wade, George N ^a,b   Lempicki, Robin L ^a   Panicker, Anitha K ^a   Frisbee, Rhonda M ^a   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Estrous behavior; Infertility; Obesity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745385043     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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