Aschbacher, K. (author), Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. (author), van Wietmarschen, H. (author), Tomiyama, A. (author), Jain, S. (author), Epel, E. (author), Doyle III, F.J. (author), van der Greef, J. (author) Glucocorticoids contribute to obesity and metabolic syndrome; however, the mechanisms are unclear, and prognostic measures are unavailable. A systems level understanding of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) -leptin axis may reveal novel insights. Eighteen obese premenopausal women provided blood samples every 10 min over 24 h, which were...
article 2014