α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone is contained in nerve terminals innervating thyrotropin-releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and prevents fasting-induced suppression of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone gene expression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1550-1558

  Fekete, Csaba ^a,b   Légrádi, Gábor ^a   Mihály, Emese ^a   Huang, Qin Heng ^a   Tatro, Jeffrey B ^a   Rand, William M ^c   Emerson, Charles H ^d   Lechan, Ronald M ^a,c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti related protein; Arcuate nucleus; Fasting; Leptin; Thyroid axis; Thyrotropin releasing hormone; MSH

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; LEPTIN; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0342858793     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-04-01550.2000     Document Type: Article

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