A circulating ghrelin mimetic attenuates light-induced phase delay of mice and light-induced Fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1965-1972

  Yi, Chun Xia ^a   Challet, Etienne ^b   Pévet, Paul ^b   Kalsbeek, Andries ^a   Escobar, Carolina ^c   Buijs, Ruud M ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Circadian; Locomotor activity; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; GHRELIN; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 42049093798     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06181.x     Document Type: Article

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