Deconstructing obesity: The face of fatness before and after the discovery of leptin

Diabetologia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-6

  Grayson, B E ^a   Seeley, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Db db; Diabetes; Leptin; Ob ob; Obesity; Parabiosis

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARABIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; MALE; OBESITY; PARABIOSIS;

EID: 84856700151     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2346-7     Document Type: Article

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