Differential orexigenic effects of hexarelin and its analogs in the rat hypothalamus: Indication for multiple growth hormone secretagogue receptor subtypes

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 327-332

  Torsello, Antonio ^a,e   Locatelli, Vittorio ^a   Melis, Maria Rosaria ^b   Succu, Salvatora ^b   Spano, Maria Sabrina ^b   Deghenghi, Romano ^c   Müller, Eugenio E ^d   Argiolas, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Ardana   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Food intake; Growth hormone secretagogue receptors; Growth hormone secretagogues; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Hexarelin; Neuropeptide Y; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; DRUG ANALOG; EP 40737; EP 40904; EP 50885; GROWTH HORMONE; HEXARELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; EATING; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; SERMORELIN; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034517443     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054601     Document Type: Article

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