Central neuronal mechanisms of intestinal electrical stimulation: Effects on duodenum distention-responsive (DD-R) neurons in the VMH of rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 457, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhu, Hongbing ^a   Chen, J D Z ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Intestinal electric stimulation; Obesity; The ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM MOTILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 67349227410     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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