Isolation and characterisation of four cDNAs encoding neuromedin U (NMU) from the brain and gut of goldfish, and the inhibitory effect of a deduced NMU on food intake and locomotor activity

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Maruyama, K ^a   Konno, N ^a   Ishiguro, K ^a   Wakasugi, T ^a   Uchiyama, M ^a   Shioda, S ^b   Matsuda, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food intake; Goldfish; Locomotor activity; mRNA; Neuromedin U

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMEDIN U; NEUROMEDIN U 21; NEUROMEDIN U 25; NEUROMEDIN U 38; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLDFISH; INTESTINE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; INTESTINES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36949007903     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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