Noradrenergic regulation of hypothalamic cells that produce growth hormone-releasing hormone and somatostatin and the effect of altered adiposity in sheep

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 341-352

  Iqbal, J ^a   Manley, T R ^b   Yue, Q ^a   Namavar, M R ^c   Clarke, I J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Ag Research   (New Zealand)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Body weight; Confocal microscopy; FluoroGold; Growth hormone; Periventicular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; FLUOROGOLD; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FASTING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SHEEP; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SOMATOSTATIN; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 20444364831     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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