Ghrelin stimulation of growth hormone-releasing hormone neurons is direct in the arcuate nucleus

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Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Osterstock, Guillaume ^a,b   Escobar, Pauline ^a,b   Mitutsova, Violeta ^a,b   Gouty Colomer, Laurie Anne ^a,b   Fontanaud, Pierre ^a,b   Molino, François ^a,b   Fehrentz, Jean Alain ^b,d   Carmignac, Danielle ^c   Martinez, Jean ^b,d   Guerineau, Nathalie C ^a,b   Robinson, Iain C A F ^c   Mollard, Patrice ^a,b   Méry, Pierre François ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; SOMATOSTATIN; 1 (6 ((3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17 YL)AMINO)HEXYL) 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 1-(6-((3-METHOXYESTRA-1,3,5(10)-TRIEN-17-YL)AMINO)HEXYL)-1H-PYRROLE-2,5-DIONE; 2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; AIB TRP GTRP CHO; AIB-TRP-GTRP-CHO; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HEXAPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING DISORDER; HORMONAL REGULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRENES; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRROLIDINONES; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

EID: 77949366418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009159     Document Type: Article

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