Infusion of the amylin antagonist AC 187 into the area postrema increases food intake in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Mollet, Andrea ^a   Gilg, Simone ^a   Riediger, Thomas ^a   Lutz, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amylin; Area postrema; cGMP; Feeding; Physiological relevance

Indexed keywords

AC 187; AMYLIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; SALCATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MEAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 1842523038     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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