Plasma Leptin-Binding Activity and Hypothalamic Leptin Receptor Expression During Pregnancy and Lactation in the Rat1

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1995 • 3,498 citations

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1996 • 2,361 citations

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1996 • 1,505 citations

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1997 • 1,300 citations

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1999 • 584 citations

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1994 • 346 citations

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1997 • 338 citations

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1973 • 335 citations

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2000 • 329 citations

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1997 • 313 citations

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1997 • 307 citations

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1997 • 300 citations

Modulation of Circulating Leptin Levels by Its Soluble Receptor

2001 • 266 citations

Hyperleptinemia of Pregnancy Associated with the Appearance of a Circulating Form of the Leptin Receptor

1997 • 248 citations

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2000 • 218 citations

Induction of obesity and hyperleptinemia by central glucocorticoid infusion in the rat.

1999 • 204 citations

A novel leptin receptor isoform in rat

1996 • 196 citations

Placental leptin

2000 • 172 citations

Free Leptin, Bound Leptin, and Soluble Leptin Receptor in Normal and Diabetic Pregnancies

1999 • 152 citations

Leptin and reproduction

1999 • 150 citations

Expression of Leptin Receptor in Human Endometrium and Fluctuation during the Menstrual Cycle

2000 • 143 citations

Differential Expression and Regulation of Leptin Receptor Isoforms in the Rat Brain: Effects of Fasting and Oestrogen

1998 • 141 citations

Leptin in human pregnancy: The relationship with gestational hormones

1998 • 139 citations

The Placenta Is Not the Main Source of Leptin Production in Pregnant Rat: Gestational Profile of Leptin in Plasma and Adipose Tissues

1997 • 138 citations

Gestational Profile of Leptin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) Content in the Placenta and Adipose Tissue in the Rat, and Regulation of the mRNA Levels of the Leptin Receptor Subtypes in the Hypothalamus During Pregnancy and Lactation1

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Concentrations of leptin in the serum of pregnant, lactating, and cycling rats and of leptin messenger ribonucleic acid in rat placental tissue

1998 • 125 citations

In vivo and in vitro Ovarian Steroidogenesis in the Pregnant Rat

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The Acute Suckling Stimulus Induces Expression of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) in Cells in the Dorsomedial Hypothalamus and Increases NPY Expression in the Arcuate Nucleus*

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Increase of Mouse Leptin Production by Adipose Tissue after Midpregnancy: Gestational Profile of Serum Leptin Concentration

1997 • 108 citations

Leptin Administration Prevents Spontaneous Gestational Diabetes in Heterozygous Lepr^db/+Mice: Effects on Placental Leptin and Fetal Growth¹

2001 • 104 citations

OB-Rb gene transfer to leptin-resistant islets reverses diabetogenic phenotype

1998 • 102 citations

Suppression of Leptin During Lactation: Contribution of the Suckling StimulusVersusMilk Production¹

1999 • 101 citations

Leptin gene is expressed in rat brown adipose tissue at birth

1997 • 80 citations

Changes in Leptin Levels during Lactation: Implications for Lactational Hyperphagia and Anovulation

2000 • 78 citations

Mechanism of leptin removal from the circulation by the kidney

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Mouse models of altered CRH-binding protein expression

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Regulation of leptin gene expression and secretion by steroid hormones

1999 • 62 citations

The food intake of rats during pregnancy and lactation.

1984 • 62 citations

Serum Leptin Concentrations and Expression of Leptin Transcripts in Placental Trophoblast with Advancing Baboon Pregnancy1

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Differential Regulation of Leptin Receptor But Not Orexin in the Hypothalamus of the Lactating Rat

2000 • 53 citations

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1998 • 43 citations

Regulation of Food Intake During Pregnancy and Lactation

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