Leptin Is a Potent Stimulator of Spontaneous Pulsatile Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion and the GH Response to GH-Releasing Hormone*

Leptin Is a Potent Stimulator of Spontaneous Pulsatile Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion and the GH Response to GH-Releasing Hormone*
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瘦素是自发性搏动生长激素 (GH) 分泌和 GH 对 GH 释放激素反应的有效刺激剂*

DOI:
10.1210/en.139.9.3871
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
M. Lapointe
M. Lapointe
中科院分区:
医学2区
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作者:
G. Tannenbaum;W. Gurd;M. Lapointe

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The placement of the icv cannula was verified by both a positive drinking response to carbachol (100 ng/10 ml) icv inReceived March 25, 1998. Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Gloria S. Tannenbaum, Neuropeptide Physiology Laboratory, McGill University-Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute, 2300 Tupper Street, Montreal, Québec, Canada H3H 1P3. E-mail: mcta@musica. mcgill.ca. * This work was supported by Grant MT-6837 (to G.S.T.) from the Medical Research Council of Canada. † Chercheur de Carrière of the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. 0013-7227/98/$03.00/0 Vol. 139, No. 9 Endocrinology Printed in U.S.A. Copyright © 1998 by The Endocrine Society
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