TY  - JOUR
AU  - Caballero-Eraso, Candela
AU  - Shin, Mi-Kyung
AU  - Pho, Huy
AU  - Kim, Lenise J
AU  - Pichard, Luis E
AU  - Wu, Zhi-Juan
AU  - Gu, Chenjuan
AU  - Berger, Slava
AU  - Pham, Luu
AU  - Yeung, Ho-Yee Bonnie
AU  - Shirahata, Machiko
AU  - Schwartz, Alan R
AU  - Tang, Wan-Yee Winnie
AU  - Sham, James S K
AU  - Polotsky, Vsevolod Y
PY  - 2018
DO  - 10.1113/JP276900
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13028
T2  - The Journal of physiology
AB  - Leptin is a potent respiratory stimulant. A long functional isoform of leptin receptor, LepRb , was detected in the carotid body (CB), a key peripheral hypoxia sensor. However, the effect of leptin on minute ventilation (VE ) and the hypoxic...
LA  - en
KW  - Carotid Body
KW  - Leptin
KW  - Sleep Apnoea
KW  - Animals
KW  - Carotid Body
KW  - Hypoxia
KW  - Leptin
KW  - Male
KW  - Mice, Inbred C57BL
KW  - Mice, Obese
KW  - Pulmonary Ventilation
KW  - Receptors, Leptin
KW  - Sleep
KW  - Wakefulness
TI  - Leptin acts in the carotid bodies to increase minute ventilation during wakefulness and sleep and augment the hypoxic ventilatory response.
TY  - research article
VL  - 597
ER  -