Divergent regulation of proopiomelanocortin neurons by leptin in the nucleus of the solitary tract and in the arcuate hypothalamic nucleus

Diabetes

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 567-573

  Huo, Lihong ^a   Grill, Harvey J ^b   Bjørbæk, Christian ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN C FOS; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULATION;

EID: 33644768285     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 00121797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.55.03.06.db05-1143     Document Type: Article

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