ARC POMC mRNA and PVN α-MSH are lower in obese relative to lean Zucker rats

Brain Research

Volumn 862, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 11-16

  Kim, Eun Mee ^a,c,e   O'Hare, Eugene ^b,e   Grace, Martha K ^a   Welch, Catherine C ^a   Billington, Charles J ^a,c   Levine, Allen S ^a,c,d  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy regulation; Melanocortin; NPY; Opioids

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PRODYNORPHIN; PROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DYNORPHINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENKEPHALINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MELANOCYTES; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034678677     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02060-6     Document Type: Article

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