Catecholamines and tyrosine hydroxylase expression in the hypothalamus of neonatally overnourished weanling rats

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-291

  Plagemann, A ^a   Harder, T ^a   Lindner, R ^a   Rake, A ^a   Janert, U ^a   Melchior, K ^a   Waas, T ^a   Rohde, W ^a   Dorner G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Differentiation; Perinatal overnutrition; Rat hypothalamus; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEANING;

EID: 0031811791     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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