Distribution and neurochemical characterization of neurons within the nucleus of the solitary tract responsive to serotonin agonist-induced hypophagia

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Lam, Daniel D ^a   Zhou, Ligang ^b   Vegge, Andreas ^a,c   Xiu, Philip Y ^a   Christensen, Britt T ^a,c   Osundiji, Mayowa A ^d   Yueh, Chen yu ^d,e   Evans, Mark L ^d   Heisler, Lora K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Food intake; mCPP; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Rat; Serotonin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; NEUROTENSIN; PROTEIN C FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTENSIN; PIPERAZINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 56549083411     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.07.039     Document Type: Article

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