Downregulation of melanocortin receptors in brain areas involved in food intake and reward mechanisms in obese (OLETF) rats

Brain Research

Volumn 852, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 180-185

  Lindblom, Jonas ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a,b   Watanobe, Hajime ^c   Suda, Toshihiro ^c   Wikberg, Jarl E S ^a,b   Bergström, Lena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Melacure Therapeutics   (Sweden)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocortin receptors; MSH; Obesity; OLETF rats

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; APPETITE STIMULANT; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; EATING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LEPTIN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED OLETF; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; REWARD; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0342905073     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02125-3     Document Type: Article

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