Leptin and aging: Review and questions with particular emphasis on its role in the central regulation of energy balance

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 248-255

  Balaskó, Márta ^a   Soós, Szilvia ^a   Székely, Miklós ^a   Pétervári, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aging; Calorie restriction; Energy balance; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN;

AGE; AGING; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATABOLISM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT MASS; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLIC RATE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LEPTIN; RATS;

EID: 84912057752     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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