TY  - JOUR
AU  - Shin, Mi-Kyung
AU  - Kim, Lenise J
AU  - Caballero-Eraso, Candela
AU  - Polotsky, Vsevolod Y
PY  - 2019
DO  - 10.3791/60298
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14670
T2  - Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
AB  - An adipocyte-produced hormone leptin is a potent respiratory stimulant, which may play an important role in defending respiratory function in obesity. The carotid bodies (CB), a key organ of peripheral hypoxic sensitivity, express the long functional...
LA  - en
KW  - Animals
KW  - Carotid Body
KW  - Hypoxia
KW  - Leptin
KW  - Male
KW  - Mice
KW  - Mice, Inbred C57BL
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Respiration
KW  - Signal Transduction
TI  - Experimental Approach to Examine Leptin Signaling in the Carotid Bodies and its Effects on Control of Breathing.
TY  - research article
ER  -