Leptin and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal stress axis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-36

  Roubos, Eric W ^a   Dahmen, Maurice ^a   Kozicz, Tamás ^a   Xu, Lu ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Adrenal gland; Arcuate nucleus; Corticosteroids; Corticotrope cells; Corticotropin releasing factor; Energy metabolism; Leptin receptors; Paraventricular nucleus; Stress adaptation; Urocortin 1

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL GLAND; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALORIC INTAKE; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRESS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 84862817325     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.01.009     Document Type: Review

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