The action of leptin on appetite-regulating cells in the ovine hypothalamus: Demonstration of direct action in the absence of the arcuate nucleus

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2106-2116

  Qi, Yue ^a   Henry, Belinda A ^a   Oldfield, Brian J ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; OXYTOCIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; APPETITE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEPTIN; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 77953149622     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1283     Document Type: Article

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