Interactions Between the Melanocortin System and Leptin in Control of Sympathetic Nerve Traffic
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 33 (1) , 542-547
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.33.1.542
Abstract
—Leptin plays an important role in regulation of body weight through regulation of food intake and sympathetically mediated thermogenesis. The hypothalamic melanocortin system, via activati...Keywords
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