Leptin in the hindbrain facilitates phosphorylation of STAT3 in the hypothalamus

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 308, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E351-E361

  Desai, Bhavna N ^a   Harris, Ruth B S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Distributed model; Food intake; Forebrain; Hindbrain; Signal transducer and activator of transcription

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB; PROTEIN KINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREBRAIN; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TUBEROMAMILLARY NUCLEUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEPTIN; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84923927696     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00501.2014     Document Type: Article

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