The role of 'adipotropins' and the clinical importance of a potential hypothalamic-pituitary-adipose axis

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 374-383

  Schäffler, Andreas ^a   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Buechler, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Adipokines; Adipose tissue; Hypothalamus; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ADIPOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASING FACTOR; INTERMEDIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADIPOCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; FAT BODY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; TARGET CELL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 33745918619     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0197     Document Type: Review

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