Leptin and beyond: An odyssey to the central control of body weight

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Li, Min Dian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BASIC RESEARCH; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVIEW; SATIETY; WEIGHT CONTROL; ANIMAL; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBESITY;

EID: 79959798820     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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