Leptin and Reproduction

by Michael C. Henson, V. Daniel Castracane, V. Daniel Castracane

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306474883
• ISBN13: 9780306474880
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.7"