Increased enkephalin in brain of rats prone to overconsuming a fat-rich diet

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-369

  Chang, G Q ^a   Karatayev, O ^a   Barson, J R ^a   Chang, S Y ^a   Leibowitz, S F ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; Consummatory behavior; DALA; Digoxigenin labeled in situ hybridization; Enkephalin; High fat diet; Hypothalamus; Nucleus accumbens; Paraventricular nucleus; QRT PCR; Radiolabeled in situ hybridization; Rat

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; ENKEPHALIN; MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALINAMIDE[2 ALANINE];

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENKEPHALINS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77956172794     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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