Systemic administration of leptin decreases plasma corticosterone levels: Role of hypothalamic norepinephrine

Brain Research

Volumn 1195, Issue , 2008, Pages 89-95

  Clark, Kimberly A ^a   Shin, Andew C ^a   Sirivelu, Madhu P ^a   MohanKumar, Sheba M J ^a,b   MohanKumar, P S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Norepinephrine; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOPROTERENOL; LEPTIN; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 39149121809     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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