Functional evaluation of THIQ, a melanocortin 4 receptor agonist, in models of food intake and inflammation

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 416-420

  Muceniece, Ruta ^a   Zvejniece, Liga ^a,b   Vilskersts, Reinis ^a,b   Liepinsh, Edgars ^a,b   Baumane, Larisa ^b   Kalvinsh, Ivars ^b   Wikberg, Jarl E ^c   Dambrova, Maija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS   (Latvia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANOTAN 2; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOOD INTAKE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TRIAZOLES;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 36248932522     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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