Investigation of the melanocyte stimulating hormones on food intakeLack of evidence to support a role for the melanocortin-3-receptor

Brain Research

Volumn 869, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 203-210

  Abbott, Caroline R ^a   Rossi, Michela ^a   Kim, Min Seon ^a   Alahmed, Samaher H ^a   Taylor, Gillian M ^a   Ghatei, Mohammad A ^a   Smith, David M ^a   Bloom, Stephen R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Hypothalamus; Intracerebroventricular; Melanocortin receptors; Melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; INTERMEDIN; INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BETA-MSH; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP; EATING; GAMMA-MSH; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

EID: 0034733888     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02386-6     Document Type: Article

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