Hypothalamic sites of leptin action linking metabolism and reproduction

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-18

  Donato Jr , José ^a   Cravo, Roberta M ^a   Frazão, Renata ^a   Elias, Carol F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Hypothalamus pituitary gonad axis; Luteinizing hormone; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMILLARY BODY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; METABOLISM; NEURONS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79951674090     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322472     Document Type: Article

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