Hormone interactions regulating energy balance during pregnancy

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 805-817

  Ladyman, S R ^a   Augustine, R A ^a   Grattan, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Leptin; Neuropeptide Y; Pregnancy; Pro opiomelanocortin; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE; JANUS KINASE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE YY; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING;

APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954147566     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02017.x     Document Type: Review

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