Increased number of galanin-neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus of neonatally overfed weanling rats

Brain Research

Volumn 818, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 160-163

  Plagemann, Andreas ^a   Harder, Thomas ^a   Rake, Annett ^a   Melchior, Kerstin ^a   Rohde, Wolfgang ^a   Dörner, Günter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galanin; Hypothalamus; Insulin; Overweight; Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; Perinatal overnutrition

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; INSULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETOGENESIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GALANIN; HYPERINSULINISM; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEANING;

EID: 0033528287     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01264-5     Document Type: Article

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