Opioids in the nucleus of the solitary tract are involved in feeding in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Kotz, C M ^a   Billington, C J ^b   Levine, A S ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dynorphin A (1 17); Gly5 ol enkephalin; N Me Phe4; naltrexone; D Ala2; D Ser2 leucine enkephalin thr

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN A; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO SERINE 6 THREONINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030908623     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.4.r1028     Document Type: Article

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