Regulation of nucleus accumbens activity by the hypothalamic neuropeptide melanin-concentrating hormone

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8263-8273

  Sears, Robert M ^a,b   Liu, Rong Jian ^a   Narayanan, Nandakumar S ^a,c   Sharf, Ruth ^a   Yeckel, Mark F ^a,b   Laubach, Mark ^a,b,c   Aghajanian, George K ^a   DiLeone, Ralph J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RECORDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOTIN; CHLORIDES; DOPAMINE AND CAMP-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN 32; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PITUITARY HORMONES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953766300     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5858-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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