Role of Astrocytes in Leptin Signaling

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 829-839

  Wang, Yuping ^a   Hsuchou, Hung ^a   He, Yi ^a   Kastin, Abba J ^a   Pan, Weihong ^a,b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Biopotentials Sleep Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Leptin; Obesity; Reactive astrogliosis; STAT3

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FAT; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; ASTROCYTES; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84938981611     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-015-0518-5     Document Type: Article

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