Leptin action on nonneuronal cells in the CNS: Potential clinical applications

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1264, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Pan, Weihong ^a   Hsuchou, Hung ^a   Jayaram, Bhavaani ^a   Khan, Reas S ^a   Huang, Eagle Yi Kung ^b   Wu, Xiaojun ^a   Chen, Chu ^c   Kastin, Abba J ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier; CNS; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEIZURE;

EID: 84864855681     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06472.x     Document Type: Article

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