Up-regulation of the expression of cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide by electroacupuncture in the arcuate nucleus of diet-induced obese rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Tian, De Run ^a,b   Li, Xiao Dong ^a,b,d   Wang, Fei ^b   Niu, Dong Bin ^b   He, Qi Hua ^b   Li, Yun Sheng ^a   Chang, Jaw Kang ^c   Yang, Jun ^c   Han, Ji Sheng ^b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d Department of Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Body weight; CART; Diet induced obesity; Electroacupuncture

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STIMULUS; STRESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; DIETARY FATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20344377598     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.039     Document Type: Article

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