Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 736-742

  Xu, Baoji ^a,d   Goulding, Evan H ^a   Zang, Keling ^a   Cepoi, David ^b   Cone, Roger D ^b   Jones, Kevin R ^c   Tecott, Laurence H ^a   Reichardt, Louis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HYPERPHAGIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; ZONA INCERTA;

AGING; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DRINKING; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; PHENYLALANINE; PITUITARY HORMONES; POLYENES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0038392755     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1073     Document Type: Article

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