Perinatal overfeeding in rats results in increased levels of plasma leptin but unchanged cerebrospinal leptin in adulthood

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Lopez M ^a   Tovar, S ^a   Vazquez M J ^a   Nogueiras, R ^a   Seoane, L M ^a   Garcia M ^a   Searis R M ^a   Dieguez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food intake; Hypothalamus; Leptin receptor; Leptin resistance; Neuropeptides; Programming

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846644448     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803425     Document Type: Article

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