| Title |
Leptin Replacement Improves Cognitive Development
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2008
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003098 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gilberto J Paz-Filho, Talin Babikian, Robert Asarnow, Tuncay Delibasi, Karin Esposito, Halil K Erol, Ma-Li Wong, Julio Licinio |
| Abstract |
Leptin changes brain structure, neuron excitability and synaptic plasticity. It also regulates the development and function of feeding circuits. However, the effects of leptin on neurocognitive development are unknown. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 94 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 89 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 18% |
| Researcher | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 21 | 22% |
| Unknown | 7 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 24% |
| Neuroscience | 18 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 18% |
| Psychology | 7 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Unknown | 15 | 16% |