Role of melanocortlnergic neurons in feeding and the agouti obesity syndrome

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6612, 1997, Pages 165-168

  Fan, Wei ^a   Boston, Bruce A ^a   Kesterson, Robert A ^a   Hruby, Victor J ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA MSH (4 10)AMIDE, AC NLE(4) CYCLO(ASP(5) PHE(7) LYS(10)); ALPHA-MSH (4-10)AMIDE, AC-NLE(4)-CYCLO(ASP(5)-PHE(7)-LYS(10))-; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MSH, 4 NLE 7 PHE ALPHA; MSH, 4-NLE-7-PHE-ALPHA-; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EATING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030614331     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385165a0     Document Type: Article

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