From observation to experimentation: Leptin action in the mediobasal hypothalamus

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Williams, Kevin W ^a   Scott, Michael M ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 61449129183     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26788D     Document Type: Conference Paper

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