Urocortin in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus acts as an inhibitor of feeding behavior in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 861, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Ohata, Hisayuki ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Oki, Yutaka ^b   Shibasaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti urocortin globulin; Feeding behavior; Urocortin; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DRINKING; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; MALE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034615872     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02378-1     Document Type: Article

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