Hypothalamic and hindbrain melanocortin receptors contribute to the feeding, thermogenic, and cardiovascular action of melanocortins

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5351-5361

  Skibicka, Karolina P ^a   Grill, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEEDING; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STIMULATION; THERMOGENESIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 71949093692     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0804     Document Type: Article

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