Leptin receptor gene expression and number in the brain are regulated by leptin level and nutritional status

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3573-3585

  Mitchell, Sharon E ^a   Nogueiras, Ruben ^b,c   Morris, Amanda ^a   Tovar, Sula ^b   Grant, Christine ^a   Cruickshank, Morven ^a   Rayner, D Vernon ^a   Dieguez, Carlos ^b,c   Williams, Lynda M ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; IODINE 125;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REFEEDING; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; CELL COUNT; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIETARY FATS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67651112055     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.173328     Document Type: Article

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