Nitric oxide directly inhibits ghrelin-activated neurons of the arcuate nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 1125, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Riediger, Thomas ^a   Giannini, Petra ^a   Erguven, Elif ^a   Lutz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclic guanosine monophosphate; Electrophysiology; Energy balance; Food intake; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; GHRELIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXADIAZOLES; PEPTIDE HORMONES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 33751547882     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.049     Document Type: Article

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