Aberrant agouti-related protein system in the hypothalamus of the anx/anx mouse is associated with activation of microglia

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1128-1140

  Nilsson, Ida ^a,c   Lindfors, Charlotte ^a   Fetissov, Sergueï O ^b   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a   Johansen, Jeanette E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Department of Molecular Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Food intake; Neurodegeneration; Neuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; WILD TYPE;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODIES; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; EATING; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROGLIA; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 38949117050     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21599     Document Type: Article

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