Chapter 12: The TRH neuron: a hypothalamic integrator of energy metabolism

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2006, Pages 209-235

  Lechan, Ronald M ^a,b   Fekete, Csaba ^a,c  

^a Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Hypertension   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROLASE; IODOTHYROINE DEIDONASE 2; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BIOSENSOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGESTION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMNOLENCE; TANYCYTE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 33746308184     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)53012-2     Document Type: Review

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