Synaptic interaction between hypocretin (orexin) and neuropeptide Y cells in the rodent and primate hypothalamus: A novel circuit implicated in metabolic and endocrine regulations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1072-1087

  Horvath, Tamas L ^a   Diano, Sabrina ^a   Van Den Pol, Anthony N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine regulations; Feeding; Hypocretin; Hypothalamus; Leptin receptor; Neuropeptide Y; Orexin; Synapse

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033081871     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-03-01072.1999     Document Type: Article

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