Postnatal intracerebroventricular exposure to leptin causes an altered adult female phenotype

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 287, Issue 6 50-6, 2004, Pages

  Varma, Amit ^b   He, Jing ^b   Shin, Bo Chul ^a   Weissfeld, Lisa A ^b   Devaskar, Sherin U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Neonatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Food intake; Hyperinsulinemia; Neuropeptide Y; ob gene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPOATROPHIC DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUCKLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EATING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 8544278177     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00228.2004     Document Type: Article

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