Differential effects of melanocortin peptides on ingestive behaviour in rats: Evidence against the involvement of MC3 receptor in the regulation of food intake

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Kask, Ants ^a,b   Rägo, Lembit ^a   Wikberg, Jarl E S ^b,c   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Melacure Therapeutics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Feeding; Food intake; Melanocortin receptors; Proopiomelanocortin; Satiety; Water intake

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SATIETY;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BETA-MSH; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAMMA-MSH; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17344381056     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00837-5     Document Type: Article

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