Melanocortin Signalling and the Regulation of Blood Pressure in Human Obesity

Altered Cardiac Autonomic Function May Precede Insulin Resistance in Metabolic Syndrome

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A critical appraisal of the prevalence and metabolic significance of brown adipose tissue in adult humans

(2010) Paul Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Mouse models of the metabolic syndrome

(2010) A. J. Kennedy et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Exposure to a High-Fat Diet Alters Leptin Sensitivity and Elevates Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Arterial Pressure in Rabbits

(2010) Larissa J. Prior et al.   HYPERTENSION

Sympathetic Function in Human Carriers of Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Mutations

(2010) Friedhelm Sayk et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Cardiovascular Side Effects of Antiobesity Drugs

(2009) Allyn L. Mark   CIRCULATION

Hypothalamic and Hindbrain Melanocortin Receptors Contribute to the Feeding, Thermogenic, and Cardiovascular Action of Melanocortins

(2009) Karolina P. Skibicka et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Feeding signals to the hungry mind

(2009) Nina Balthasar   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Forecasting the Effects of Obesity and Smoking on U.S. Life Expectancy

(2009) Susan T. Stewart et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Chronic central leptin infusion restores cardiac sympathetic-vagal balance and baroreflex sensitivity in diabetic rats

(2008) Jussara M. do Carmo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Endogenous Melanocortin System Activity Contributes to the Elevated Arterial Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

(2008) Alexandre A. da Silva et al.   HYPERTENSION

Modulation of Blood Pressure by Central Melanocortinergic Pathways

(2008) Jerry R. Greenfield et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE