μ-Opioid receptor agonist diminishes POMC gene expression and anorexia by central insulin in neonatal chicks

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 439, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-229

  Shiraishi, Jun ichi ^a   Yanagita, Kouchi ^a   Fujita, Masanori ^a   Bungo, Takashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Central nervous system; Food intake; Insulin; Melanocortin system; Neonatal chick

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; INSULIN; MELANOCORTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHAGIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOREXIA; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EATING; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INSULIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44649196434     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.040     Document Type: Article

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