Previous work has shown that leptin appears to regulate the plasma levels of hormones such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol in humans and that it has antidepressant effects in ...

The increased prevalence of obesity worldwide is associated with an epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is well established that a tight correlation exists between body adiposity and glucose ...

Leptin merely correlated with body mass index, the study found. A new report on patients with types II and III spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has found that levels of the peptide hormone leptin are ...