Peripheral ghrelin selectively increases Fos expression in neuropeptide Y - synthesizing neurons in mouse hypothalamic arcuate nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-51

  Wang, Lixin ^a   Saint Pierre, David H ^b   Taché, Yvette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Food intake; Fos; Ghrelin; Mouse; Neuropeptide Y expression

Indexed keywords

DESOCTANOYLGHRELIN; GHRELIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037204861     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00241-0     Document Type: Article

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