Exploring the site of anorectic action of peripherally administered synthetic melanocortin peptide MT-II in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 977, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-230

  Trivedi, Prashant ^a   Jiang, Michael ^a   Tamvakopoulos, Constantin C ^a   Shen, Xiaolan ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Mock, Steven ^a   Fenyk Melody, Judy ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Lex H T ^a   Guan, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Brain to plasma ratio; Food intake; Iodo MT II

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; HEPTAPEPTIDE; IODINE 125; IODO MELANOTAN 2; MELANOTAN 2; PROTEIN C FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN STEM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN;

EID: 0038169077     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02683-0     Document Type: Article

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