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Science 29 November 1996:
Vol. 274. no. 5292, pp. 1466 - 1467
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5292.1466c
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Research News

Gretchen Vogel

Washington, D.C.--The protein famous for making fat mice thin, in part by signaling their brains that they've eaten enough, also seems to regulate an entirely different kind of appetite: the sex drive. Evidence presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting here indicates that leptin helps regulate sex hormone production. Indeed, it may even be the trigger for the onset of puberty.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
The Role of Leptin in Human Obesity and Disease: A Review of Current Evidence.
C. S. Mantzoros (1999)
Ann Intern Med 130, 671-680
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