Elevated hypothalamic neuropeptide Y levels in rat with dorsomedial hindbrain lesions

Brain Research

Volumn 755, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-90

  Edwards, Gaylen L ^a   White, B Douglas ^b   He, Bin ^b   Dean, Roger G ^a   Martin, Roy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arcuate nucleus; area postrema; diet selection; food intake; ingestive behavior; nucleus of the solitary tract; paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030995282     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00107-8     Document Type: Article

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