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Leptin and Reproduction
. Ed(S): Henson, Michael C.; Castracane, V.Daniel
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Description for Leptin and Reproduction
Paperback. Editor(s): Henson, Michael C.; Castracane, V.Daniel. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJT; PSAJ; PSV; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 714.
The isolation of leptin in 1994 and its characterization as a factor influencing appetite, energy balance, and adiposity, immediately thrust the polypeptide into the rapidly growing body of literature centered on the physiology of obesity. The growing clinical awareness of obesity as a major health risk in developed societies dovetailed perfectly with any of a number of roles that leptin might play in this abenant physiological condition. Almost unnoticed amidst the excitement generated by early leptin publications was the suggestion that the "fat hormone" might also regulate a wide range of systems and events important to reproduction, including pubertal development, ... Read more
The isolation of leptin in 1994 and its characterization as a factor influencing appetite, energy balance, and adiposity, immediately thrust the polypeptide into the rapidly growing body of literature centered on the physiology of obesity. The growing clinical awareness of obesity as a major health risk in developed societies dovetailed perfectly with any of a number of roles that leptin might play in this abenant physiological condition. Almost unnoticed amidst the excitement generated by early leptin publications was the suggestion that the "fat hormone" might also regulate a wide range of systems and events important to reproduction, including pubertal development, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461349464
SKU
V9781461349464
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99-15
Reviews for Leptin and Reproduction
"...this treatise serves as an essential reference which compiles in a single volume, the multiple effects of leptin." (Virendra B. Mahesh, Ph.D., D.Phil., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta) "This is a wonderful, timely and comprehensive volume. It provides source material and references for the new investigator to this area, provides challenges and provokes new thoughts and ideas to ... Read more