Feeding inhibition by urocortin in the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 2 49-2, 2001, Pages

  Wang, Chuanfeng ^a   Mullet, Mary A ^b   Glass, Michael J ^a   Billington, Charles J ^a,b,c   Levine, Allen S ^a,b,c,d   Kotz, Catherine M ^a,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain sites; Energy balance; Feeding behavior; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0034999479     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.2.r473     Document Type: Article

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