Regional effect of naltrexone in the nucleus of the solitary tract in blockade of NPY-induced feeding

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 2 47-2, 2000, Pages

  Kotz, C M ^a,b   Glass, M J ^a   Levine, A S ^a,b   Billington, C J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Feeding behavior; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; FEEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034094805     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.2.r499     Document Type: Article

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