Leptin action through hypothalamic nitric oxide synthase-1-expressing neurons controls energy balance

Nature Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 820-823

  Leshan, Rebecca L ^a,c   Greenwald Yarnell, Megan ^a,b   Patterson, Christa M ^a   Gonzalez, Ian E ^a   Myers, Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MICE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

MUS;

EID: 84860652458     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2724     Document Type: Article

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