Melatonin enhances NADPH-diaphorase activities in the hypothalamus of maternally-separated rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Kim, Mi Ja ^a,b   Kim, Young Ok ^a   Chang, Un Jae ^a   Kim, Hye Kyung ^c   Chung, Joo Ho ^d   Oh, Dong Jae ^b   Kim, Jong Woo ^b,d  

^a Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Imagine Obesity Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Hanseo University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body weight; Hypothalamus; Maternal separation; Melatonin; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MELATONIN; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30344457908     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.10.038     Document Type: Article

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