Melanocortin receptors mediate the excitatory effects of blood-borne murine leptin on hypothalamic paraventricular neurons in rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 2 55-2, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Zhi Hua ^a   Felder, Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular recording; Neuropeptide Y; Obesity; Sympathetic nerve activity; melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; URETHAN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0942298220     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00504.2003     Document Type: Article

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