NMDA receptor coagonist glycine site: Evidence for a role in lateral hypothalamic stimulation of feeding

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Glenn Stanley, B ^a   Butterfield, Bonnie S ^a   Grewal, Rickinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

7 chlorokynurenic acid; Glutamate; Lateral hypothalamus; N methyl D aspartate

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030800480     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.2.r790     Document Type: Article

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