Unabated anorexic and enhanced thermogenic responses to melanotan II in diet-induced obese rats despite reduced melanocortin 3 and 4 receptor expression

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Li, G ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Wilsey, J T ^a,b   Scarpace, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOTAN 2; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUSION PUMP; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 4043154233     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1820123     Document Type: Article

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