The anti-ghrelin spiegelmer NOX-B11-3 blocks ghrelin- but not fasting-induced neuronal activation in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Becskei, C ^a   Bilik, K U ^a   Klussmann, S ^b   Jarosch, F ^b   Lutz, T A ^a   Riediger, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NOXXON PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C Fos; Electrophysiology; Food intake; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; NOX B11 3; PROTEIN C FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FASTING; GHRELIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36949026161     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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