Background: Leptin is a hormone known to participate in the regulation of weight and
appetite and is therefore of interest to examine in the context of major depressive disorder …

Leptin is a product of the obese gene and plays an important role in the regulation of body
weight and food intake. Weight and appetite are frequently altered in depression. So far …

Leptin is thought to be related to vegetative symptoms of depression such as alterations in
food intake and weight. Fifty‐seven drug‐free patients and 26 healthy controls were enrolled …

Appetite, food intake and weight are frequently altered in psychiatric disorders such as major
depression and schizophrenia. The few studies investigating weight and the body mass …

BACKGROUND: There is conflicting evidence regarding levels of leptin in depression. In this
study we aimed to investigate the relationship between serum leptin level and depression in …

Objective: The present study investigated whether peripheral leptin levels are associated
with current depressive episodes in a cross-sectional study nested within a population …

Leptin is known to regulate food intake and energy expenditure. Since loss of appetite and
body weight are important signs and symptoms of major depression we studied leptin …

Background This study aimed to determine the association between circulating leptin levels
and total depressive symptoms as well as depressive symptom dimensions (cognitive and …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate serum leptin levels to demonstrate whether or
not its eventual alterations might have an etiopathogenetic significance in patients with …

BACKGROUND: Appetite, food intake and weight are frequently altered in psychiatric
disorders such as major depression and schizophrenia. Leptin is an adipocyte hormone, as …