EFFECTS OF YOHIMBINE ON PLASMA LEVELS OF LEPTIN IN NORMAL AND STREPTOZOTOCIN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS
Leptin affects paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus and reduces appetite while activation of α2-adrenoceptors at this site has opposite action. The reducing effect of α2-adrenoceptors inhibition on body weight and appetite and also enhancing effects on lipolysis, sympathetic activation and plasma...
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| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2006-04-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Iranica |
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| Online Access: | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3145 |