Leptin regulation of neuronal excitability and cognitive function

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-647

  Harvey, Jenni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BOUND PROTEIN 2; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN SHC; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; LEPTIN; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 36549076414     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2007.10.006     Document Type: Review

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