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The procognitive effects of leptin in the brain and their clinical implications

Date

Authors

Da Paz Filho, Gilberto

Wong, Ma-Li

Licinio, Julio

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Background:- Leptin is a pleiotropic hormone produced mainly by the adipose tissue. Its most well-known effect is to regulate food intake and energy metabolism within the hypothalamus. More recently, several peripheral and extra-hypothalamic effects have

Keywords

Keywords: amyloid beta protein; leptin; Alzheimer disease; anxiety; article; brain function; cingulate gyrus; cognition; cognitive defect; dendrite; depression; disease model; frontal lobe; hippocampus; human; hunger; insula; learning; MEDLINE; memory; mood; nerve

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26158

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02536.x