Effect of food deprivation and leptin repletion on the plasma levels of estrogen (E2) and NADPH-d reactivity in the ventromedial and arcuate nuclei of the hypothalamus in the female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 887, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-79

  Otukonyong, Effiong Edet ^a   Okutani, Fumino ^a   Takahashi, Seiichi ^a   Murata, Takuya ^b   Morioka, Nobuyuki ^a   Kaba, Hideto ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Estrogen; Fasting; Leptin; Nitric oxide synthase; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEPTIN; MICE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034704265     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02969-3     Document Type: Article

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