Leptin/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Peptide hormone [r]: A class of chemical messengers, secreted into the blood from endocrine cells, that bind to specific receptors expressed on the plasma membrane of target cells. ^[e]
• Adipocyte [r]: Cell that stores fat and makes it available for use as energy. ^[e]
• Appetite [r]: The desire to eat food, experienced as hunger, and in mammals controlled by neural circuits in the hypothalamus. ^[e]
• Hunger [r]: Localized subjective sensation, caused by emptiness and a resulting hypermotility of the stomach. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Leptin receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Ghrelin [r]: A hormone produced by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach that stimulate appetite. ^[e]
• Arcuate nucleus [r]: An aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus with important roles in appetite regulation and in the control of growth hormone secretion and prolactin secretion. ^[e]
• Hypothalamus [r]: A part of the mammalian brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon. ^[e]

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

• Adipocyte [r]: Cell that stores fat and makes it available for use as energy. ^[e]
• Homeostasis (biology) [r]: The coordinated physiological reactions which maintain most of the steady states in an organism. ^[e]