Minireview: CNS mechanisms of leptin action

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-12

  Flak, Jonathan N ^a   Myers, Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY FAT; BRAIN STEM; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

EID: 84953342146     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2015-1232     Document Type: Review

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