Chemical characterization of leptin-activated neurons in the rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-281

  Elias, Carol F ^a,d   Kelly, Joseph F ^a   Lee, Charlotte E ^a   Ahima, Rexford S ^b   Drucker, Daniel J ^c   Saper, Clifford B ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystokinin; Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript; Feeding; Glucagon like peptide 1; Leptin receptor; Neurotensin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTENSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENKEPHALINS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTENSIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034710310     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000724)423:2<261::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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