Leptin induces phosphorylation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in defined hypothalamic neurons

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5415-5427

  Donato Jr , Jose ^a   Frazão, Renata ^a   Fukuda, Makoto ^a   Vianna, Claudia R ^a   Elias, Carol F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL PREMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; WILD TYPE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FASTING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MICE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 78049488476     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0651     Document Type: Article

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