A role for agouti-related protein in appetite regulation in a species with continuous nutrient delivery

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 210-218

  Wagner, Christine G ^a   McMahon, Chris D ^b   Marks, Daniel L ^c   Daniel, Joseph A ^d   Steele, Barbara ^a   Sartin, James L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c Endocrinology   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti related protein; Arcuate nucleus; c Fos; Food intake; Neuropeptide Y; Ovine

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; APPETITE STIMULANT; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EATING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13244279785     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082735     Document Type: Article

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