Anorectic estrogen mimics leptin's effect on the rewiring of melanocortin cells and Stat3 signaling in obese animals

Nature Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-94

  Gao, Qian ^a   Mezei, Gabor ^a   Nie, Yongzhan ^a   Rao, Yan ^a   Choi, Cheol Soo ^a   Bechmann, Ingo ^b   Leranth, Csaba ^a   Toran Allerand, Dominique ^c   Priest, Catherine A ^d   Roberts, James L ^e   Gao, Xiao Bing ^a   Mobbs, Charles ^d   Shulman, Gerald I ^a   Diano, Sabrina ^a   Horvath, Tamas L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEPTIN; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, OBESE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846046623     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1525     Document Type: Article

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