Acute effects of recombinant murine leptin on rat pituitary-adrenocortical function

Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is an adipose-tissue secreted hormone, which regulates satiety, metabolic rate and thermogenesis. Many lines of evidence suggest the existence of mutual relationships between leptin and adrenal-cortex secretion, but in vivo studies gave rather conflicting results....

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