Adipocyte-brain: Crosstalk

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

Volumn 52, Issue , 2010, Pages 189-201

  Schulz, Carla ^a   Paulus, Kerstin ^a   Lehnert, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77957727077     PISSN: 00801844     EISSN: 18610412     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14426-4_16     Document Type: Article

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