Serotonin-induced region-specific responses of the arcuate and ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-395

  Jia, Yousheng ^a   El Haddad, Mostafa ^a   Gendy, Alfred ^a   Nguyen, Tri ^a   Ross, Michael G ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; D fenfluramine; Electrical activities; Multielectrode array; Serotonin; Ventral medial nucleus

Indexed keywords

DEXFENFLURAMINE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SATIETY; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CALCIUM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FENFLURAMINE; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 77951434494     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450802336683     Document Type: Article

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