Chesity on a high-fat diet: Role of hypothalamic galanin in neurons of the anterior paraventricular nucleus projecting to the median eminence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2709-2719

  Leibowitz, Sarah F ^a   Akabayashi, Akira ^b   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Glucose; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Insulin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GALANIN; INSULIN; CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; TASTE PREFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GALANIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032034215     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02709.1998     Document Type: Article

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