Intracerebroventricularly administered corticotropin-releasing factor inhibits food intake and produces anxiety-like behaviour at very low doses in mice

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 281-284

  Momose, K ^a,b   Inui, A ^b   Asakawa, A ^b   Ueno, N ^d   Nakajima, M ^b   Fujimiya, M ^c   Kasuga, M ^b  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticotropin releasing factor; Feeding; Intracerebroventricular injection; Mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EATING; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033188347     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1326.1999.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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