Effects of systemic phenylpropanolamine and fenfluramine on serotonin activity within rat paraventricular hypothalamus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Mcmahon, Lance R ^a   Wellman, Paul J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; Anorexia; Feeding; Fenfluramine; Microdialysis; Paraventricular hypothalamus; Perifornical hypothalamus; Phenylpropanolamine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; FENFLURAMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030029466     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02032-2     Document Type: Article

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