ACTH- and α-MSH-induced grooming, stretching, yawning and penile erection in male rats: Site of action in the brain and role of melanocortin receptors

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-431

  Argiolas, Antonio ^a   Melis, Maria R ^a   Murgia, Sandra ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Melacure Therapeutics AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MSH; ACTH(1 24); Grooming; Melanocortin receptors; Penile erection; Rat; Stretching; Yawning

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; TETRACOSACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRETCHING; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; YAWNING;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COSYNTROPIN; GROOMING; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PENILE ERECTION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; YAWNING;

EID: 0034014197     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00270-1     Document Type: Article

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