Reduced paraventricular nucleus norepinephrine responsiveness in obesity-prone rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 2 39-2, 1996, Pages

  Levin, Barry E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet resistant; Diet induced obesity; Epinephrine; Glucose; Insulin; Motor activity; Ventromedial nucleus; 2 adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIET; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS; INSULIN; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029947389     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.2.r456     Document Type: Article

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