Leptin Acts in the Central Nervous System to Produce Dose-Dependent Changes in Arterial Pressure
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 37 (3) , 936-942
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.37.3.936
Abstract
Systemic leptin increases energy expenditure through sympathetic mechanisms, decreases appetite, and increases arterial pressure. We tested the hypothesis that the pressor action of leptin is media...Keywords
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