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  • Leptin action on GABAergic neurons prevents obesity and reduces inhibitory tone to POMC neurons.

    Linh Vong;Chianping Ye;Zongfang Yang;Brian Choi

  • Phenotypes of Mouse diabetes and Rat fatty Due to Mutations in the OB (Leptin) Receptor

    Streamson C. Chua;Wendy K. Chung;X. Sharon Wu-Peng;Yiying Zhang

  • Leptin Receptor Signaling in POMC Neurons Is Required for Normal Body Weight Homeostasis

    Nina Balthasar;Roberto Coppari;Julie McMinn;Shun M Liu

  • Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis

    Harveen Dhillon;Jeffrey M. Zigman;Chianping Ye;Charlotte E. Lee

  • Forkhead protein FoxO1 mediates Agrp-dependent effects of leptin on food intake.

    Tadahiro Kitamura;Yun Feng;Yukari Ido Kitamura;Streamson C Chua

  • The hypothalamic arcuate nucleus: A key site for mediating leptin’s effects on glucose homeostasis and locomotor activity

    Roberto Coppari;Masumi Ichinose;Masumi Ichinose;Charlotte E. Lee;Abigail E. Pullen

  • Leptin Acts via Leptin Receptor-Expressing Lateral Hypothalamic Neurons to Modulate the Mesolimbic Dopamine System and Suppress Feeding

    Gina M. Leinninger;Young Hwan Jo;Rebecca L. Leshan;Gwendolyn W. Louis

  • Direct Insulin and Leptin Action on Pro-opiomelanocortin Neurons Is Required for Normal Glucose Homeostasis and Fertility

    Jennifer W. Hill;Carol F. Elias;Makoto Fukuda;Kevin W. Williams

  • Leptin's effect on puberty in mice is relayed by the ventral premammillary nucleus and does not require signaling in Kiss1 neurons.

    José Donato Jr.;José Donato Jr.;Roberta Mascioli Cravo;Renata Frazão;Laurent Gautron

  • The molecular genetics of rodent single gene obesities.

    Rudolph L. Leibel;Wendy K. Chung;Streamson C. Chua

  • Complete rescue of obesity, diabetes, and infertility in db/db mice by neuron-specific LEPR-B transgenes

    Carl De Luca;Timothy J. Kowalski;Yiying Zhang;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Prostate Cancer Risk and Serum Levels of Insulin and Leptin: a Population-Based Study

    Ann W. Hsing;Streamson Chua;Yu Tang Gao;Elisabeth Gentzschein

  • Phenotype of fatty Due to Gln269Pro Mutation in the Leptin Receptor (Lepr)

    Streamson C. Chua;David W. White;X. Sharon Wu-Peng;Shun Mei Liu

  • Collective and Individual Functions of Leptin Receptor Modulated Neurons Controlling Metabolism and Ingestion

    Esther van de Wall;Rebecca Leshan;Allison W. Xu;Nina Balthasar

  • The sympathetic tone mediates leptin's inhibition of insulin secretion by modulating osteocalcin bioactivity

    Eiichi Hinoi;Nan Gao;Dae Young Jung;Vijay Yadav

  • Phenotype of the Obese Koletsky (f) Rat Due to Tyr763Stop Mutation in the Extracellular Domain of the Leptin Receptor (Lepr): Evidence for Deficient Plasma-to-CSF Transport of Leptin in Both the Zucker and Koletsky Obese Rat

    X. Sharon Wu-Peng;Streamson C. Chua;Norichika Okada;Shun Mei Liu

  • Aberrant splicing of a mouse disabled homolog, mdab1, in the scrambler mouse.

    Marcus L Ware;Jeremy W Fox;Jorge L González;Nicole M Davis

  • Leptin regulation of Agrp and Npy mRNA in the rat hypothalamus.

    Judith Korner;E. Savontaus;S. C. Chua;R. L. Leibel

  • Integration of Endocannabinoid and Leptin Signaling in an Appetite-Related Neural Circuit

    Young Hwan Jo;Ying Jiun J. Chen;Streamson C. Chua;David A. Talmage

  • Leptin Function and Regulation.

    Yiying Zhang;Streamson Chua

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