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Regulation of leptin production: a dominant role for the sympathetic nervous system?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Paul Trayhum ,
Jacqueline S. Duncan ,
Nigel Hoggard  and
D. Vernon Rayner
Paul Trayhum*
Affiliation:
Molecular Physiology Group, Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK
Jacqueline S. Duncan
Affiliation:
Molecular Physiology Group, Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK
Nigel Hoggard
Affiliation:
Molecular Physiology Group, Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK
D. Vernon Rayner
Affiliation:
Molecular Physiology Group, Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK
*
*Corresponding author: Professor Paul Trayhurn, fax +44 (0)1224 716622, email pt@rri.sari.ac.uk
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Simposium on ‘Leptin: energy regulation and beyond’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , August 1998 , pp. 413 - 419
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