A critical view of the use of genetic tools to unveil neural circuits: The case of leptin action in reproduction

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Elias, Carol F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Leptin; Metabolism; Reproduction; Virus vector

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL POPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOUSE STRAIN; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUBERTY; RECEPTOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84891552525     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00444.2013     Document Type: Review

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