Opioid receptor blockade in rat nucleus tractus solitarius alters amygdala dynorphin gene expression

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 1 52-1, 2002, Pages

  Glass, Michael J ^a   Briggs, Jacquie E ^b,d   Billington, Charles J ^c,d   Kotz, Catherine M ^d,e   Levine, Allen S ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Food Science and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Neuropeptide Y; Opioids

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; LEPTIN; NALTREXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036333626     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00480.2001     Document Type: Article

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