Decreased immunoreactivity of the melanocortin neuropeptide α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) after chronic ethanol exposure in Sprague-Dawley rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-276

  Navarro, Montserrat ^a   Cubero, Inmaculada ^c   Knapp, Darin J ^b   Breese, George R ^b   Thiele, Todd E ^a,b,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Davie Hall ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

MSH; AgRP; Ethanol Consumption; Melanocortin; POMC; Rats

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALCOHOL; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE SECTION;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA-MSH; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS;

AGOUTI; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 38349083783     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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