Interaction between α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and corticotropin-releasing hormone in the regulation of feeding and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal responses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 7863-7872

  Lu, Xin Yun ^a,c   Barsh, Gregory S ^b   Akil, Huda ^a   Watson, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Food intake; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Melanocortin 4 receptors; MTII; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; helical CRH9 41

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MTII; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0041319087     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-21-07863.2003     Document Type: Article

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