Prolonged retention of the anorectic cobalt protoporphyrin in the hypothalamus and the resulting expression of Fos

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 2 56-2, 2004, Pages

  Galbraith, Richard A ^a   Hodgdon, Ilean ^a   Grimm, Michele S ^a   Vizzard, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebroventricular system; Early immediate gene; Immunohistochemistry; Synthetic metalloporphyrin

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COBALT 57; GENE PRODUCT; HALOTHANE; METALLOPORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN COBALT; PROTEIN FOS; PROTOPORPHYRIN; SYNTHETIC METALLOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HYPOPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; EATING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 3242813695     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00055.2004     Document Type: Article

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