Selective loss of leptin receptors in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus results in increased adiposity and a metabolic syndrome

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2138-2148

  Bingham, Nathan C ^a   Anderson, Kimberly K ^a   Reuter, Anne L ^a   Stallings, Nancy R ^a   Parker, Keith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; INTEGRASES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 42449086900     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1200     Document Type: Article

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