Melanocortin antagonists define two distinct pathways of cardiovascular control by α- and γ-melanocyte-stimulating hormones

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5182-5188

  Li, Si Jia ^a   Varga, Károly ^a   Archer, Phillip ^a   Hruby, Victor J ^b   Sharma, Shubh D ^b   Kesterson, Robert A ^c   Cone, Roger D ^c   Kunos, George ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; dorsal vagal complex; heart rate; melanocortin antagonists; melanocortin receptors; MSH; MSH

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN[4-10]; INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; NALOXONE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SHU 9005; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTENSION; INTRACARDIAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029776695     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05182.1996     Document Type: Article

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