Distribution of leptin-sensitive cells in the postnatal and adult mouse brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-476

  Caron, Emilie ^a   Sachot, Christelle ^a   Prevot, Vincent ^a   Bouret, Sebastien G ^a,b  

^a JEAN PIERRE AUBERT RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hormone; Hypothalamus; Leptin receptor; Obesity; Ontogeny; pSTAT3

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77649272503     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22219     Document Type: Article

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