Agouti-Related Protein (AGRP) has a central inhibitory action on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) axis; Comparisons between the effect of AGRP and neuropeptide Y on energy homeostasis and the HPT axis

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3846-3853

  Fekete, Csaba ^a   Sarkar, Sumit ^b   Rand, William M ^c   Harney, John W ^c   Emerson, Charles H ^d   Bianco, Antonio C ^e   Lechan, Ronald M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; LIOTHYRONINE; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTIRELIN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDIDYMIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ORGAN SIZE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEINS; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0036773547     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-220338     Document Type: Article

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