Clozapine, but not haloperidol, increases neuropeptide Y neuronal expression in the rat hypothalamus

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-579

  Kirk, Shona L ^a   Cahir, Marie ^a   Reynolds, Gavin P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptide Y (NPY); Rat; Schizophrenia; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745025286     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881106061199     Document Type: Article

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