Anorectic effect of leptin is mediated by hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone, but not by urocortin, in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-182

  Okamoto, Shiki ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a   Saito, Masayuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Food intake; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HORMONE ANTIBODY; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EATING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035919916     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01959-0     Document Type: Article

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