Differential control of the sympathetic nervous system by leptin: Implications for obesity

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Rahmouni, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Obesity; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 35748940589     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04760.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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