Activation of a subpopulation of orexin/hypocretin-containing hypothalamic neurons by GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition of the nucleus accumbens shell, but not by exposure to a novel environment

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 376-386

  Baldo, Brian A ^a   Gual Bonilla, Lisa ^a   Sijapati, Karuna ^a   Daniel, Roger A ^a   Landry, Charles F ^a   Kelley, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Fos; Hyperphagia; Lateral hypothalamus; Melanin concentrating hormone; Muscimol; Perifornical hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MUSCIMOL; OREXIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE;

EID: 0842330416     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03093.x     Document Type: Article

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