Abstract：
:Leptin is well known as a hormone important in the central control of appetitive behaviors via receptor-mediated actions in the hypothalamus, where leptin adjusts food intake to maintain homeostasis with the body's energy stores. Recent evidence has shown that leptin and its receptors are widespread in the CNS and may provide neuronal survival signals. This review summarizes our current knowledge of how leptin functions in the brain and then focuses on the ability of leptin to mitigate neuronal damage in experimental models of human neurological disorders. Damage to the brain by acute events such as stroke, or long-term loss of neurons associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, may be amenable to treatment using leptin to limit death of susceptible cells. Leptin-mediated pro-survival signaling is now known to prevent the death of neurons in these models. The signaling cascades that leptin generates are shared by other neuroprotective molecules including insulin and erythropoietin, and are thus a component of the neurotrophic effects mediated by endogenous hormones. Coupled with evidence that leptin dysregulation in human disease also results in enhanced neuronal susceptibility to damage, development of leptin as a therapeutic methodology is an attractive and viable possibility.
journal_name
J Neurochemjournal_title
Journal of neurochemistryauthors
Signore AP,Zhang F,Weng Z,Gao Y,Chen Jdoi
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05457.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-09-01 00:00:00pages
1977-90issue
5eissn
0022-3042issn
1471-4159pii
JNC5457journal_volume
106pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Cysteine-string protein (Csp) is a major synaptic vesicle and secretory granule protein first discovered in Drosophila and Torpedo. Csps were subsequently identified from Xenopus, Caenorhabditis elegans, and mammalian species. It is clear from the study of a null mutant in Drosophila that Csp is required for viability...
journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741781.x
更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0721170.x
更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 评论,社论
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67062292.x
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.1985.tb07203.x
更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb06365.x
更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.1983.tb09037.x
更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0751085.x
更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00095.x
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07009.x
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00511.x
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06002.x
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62030844.x
更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69051954.x
更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70051869.x
更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb03985.x
更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/jnc.13874
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb00920.x
更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:cAMP is known to regulate neurotransmitter release via protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent and/or PKA-independent signal transduction pathways at a variety of central synapses. Here we report the cAMP-mediated long-lasting enhancement of glycinergic transmission in developing rat spinal substantia gelatinosa neurons. For...
journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06275.x
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00
