Formation of Projection Pathways from the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Hypothalamic Regions Implicated in the Neural Control of Feeding Behavior in Mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2797-2805

  Bouret, Sebastien G ^a   Draper, Shin J ^a   Simerly, Richard B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate; Axon; cFos; Development; Feeding; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Neuroendocrine; NPY; Obesity; POMC; Projection

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOREBRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APPETITE REGULATION; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 1642349297     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5369-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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