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leptin starvation signal hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Endocrine and metabolic physiology

proposal that the main role of falling leptin is to signal energy shortage and trigger neuroendocrine adaptations to fasting rather than to prevent obesity.

In endocrine and metabolic physiology, leptin starvation signal hypothesis refers to proposal that the main role of falling leptin is to signal energy shortage and trigger neuroendocrine adaptations to fasting rather than to prevent obesity. This meaning comes from Ahima (1996) in Nature.[1]

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  1. Ahima, R. S., Prabakaran, D., Mantzoros, C., Qu, D., Lowell, B., Maratos-Flier, E., & Flier, J. S. (1996). Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting. Nature, 382(6588), 250-252. https://doi.org/10.1038/382250a0

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