Leptin reduces food intake via a dopamine D2 receptor-dependent mechanism

Molecular Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Billes, Sonja K ^a   Simonds, Stephanie E ^b   Cowley, Michael A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Food intake; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Melanocortin system; Mesolimbic dopamine system

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHAGIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

MUS;

EID: 84871876745     PISSN: 22128778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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