Negative feedback regulation of hypophysiotropic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) synthesizing neurons: Role of neuronal afferents and type 2 deiodinase

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 97-114

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

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Hypophysiotropic; Negative feedback; Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH); Type 2 deiodinase (D2)

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; ENZYME; GLUCOCORTICOID; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE 2; LEPTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLD EXPOSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 34447123224     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2007.04.002     Document Type: Review

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