Involvement of the medial preoptic area in the anorectic action of estrogens

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Dagnault, Anne ^a   Richard, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain; corticotropin; estradiol; hypothalamus; medial preoptic nucleus; oxygen consumption; releasing factor; respiratory quotient

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; STRIA TERMINALIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031031251     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.1.r311     Document Type: Article

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