Role of melanocortins in the central control of feeding

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Vergoni, Anna Valeria ^a   Bertolini, Alfio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Behavior; Body weight homeostasis; Central nervous system; Feeding; Melanocortin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN MC4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN MC4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GROOMING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SATIETY; STARVATION; STRESS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034730442     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00538-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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