Long-term effects of high doses of nicotine on feeding behavior and brain nitric oxide synthase activity in female mice

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-238

  Mannucci, Carmen ^a   Catania, Maria A ^a   Adamo, Elena B ^a   Bellomo, Maria ^a   Caputi, Achille P ^a   Calapai, Gioacchino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food deprivation; Food intake; Nicotine; Nitric oxide; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; NICOTINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 24744443911     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FPE05001X     Document Type: Article

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