Neonatal Treatment with a Pegylated Leptin Antagonist has a Sexually Dimorphic Effect on Hypothalamic Trophic Factors and Neuropeptide Levels

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 756-765

  Mela, V ^a   Diaz F ^b,c   Gertler, A ^d   Solomon, G ^d   Argente, J ^b,c,e   Viveros, M P ^a   Chowen, J A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apopstosis; BDNF; Hypothalamic development; Leptin surge; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEGYLATED LEPTIN ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE HORMONE ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84859899033     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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