Evidence for the existence of distinct central appetite, energy expenditure, and ghrelin stimulation pathways as revealed by hypothalamic site-specific leptin gene therapy

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4409-4421

  Bagnasco, M ^a   Dube, M G ^b   Kalra, P S ^b   Kalra, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PREOPTIC AREA; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036827697     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-220505     Document Type: Article

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