Increased orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone expression in the perifornical lateral hypothalamus of rats prone to overconsuming a fat-rich diet

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-422

  Morganstern, Irene ^a   Chang, Guo Qing ^a   Karatayev, Olga ^a   Leibowitz, Sarah F ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High fat diet; Melanin concentrating hormone; Orexin; Overconsumption; Perifornical lateral hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; OREXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIETARY FATS; DNA PRIMERS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MELANINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77956059137     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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