Endocrine Abstracts

The discovery of leptin in 1994 has opened a new era in the study of energy balance control at the molecular level. By informing the brain and other tissues the state of fat stores, leptin plays a key role in the control circuits of both appetite and energy expenditure, thus affecting most if not all of the body’s activities. This discovery in mammals stimulated a great interest in the physiological role and molecular mechanism of leptin in chickens. However, a true chick...