Hypothalamic oxytocin neurons modulate hypophagic effect induced by adrenalectomy

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 532-538

  Uchoa, Ernane Torres ^a   Mendes da Silva, Lilian Eslaine Costa ^a   de Castro, Margaret ^a   Antunes Rodrigues, Jose ^a   K Elias, Lucila Leico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food intake; Glucocorticoids; Oxytocin; Paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN FOS; VASOTOCIN DERIVATIVE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REFEEDING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 70350714216     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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