Effect of serotonergic anorectics on food intake and induction of Fos in brain of mice with disruption of melanocortin 3 and/or 4 receptors

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Rowland, Neil E ^a   Fakhar, Kaihan J ^a   Robertson, Kimberly L ^a   Haskell Luevano, Carrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Hypothalamus; Index terms; Knockout; Norfenfluramine; WAY 161503

Indexed keywords

8,9 DICHLORO 2,3,4,4A TETRAHYDRO 1H PYRAZINO[1,2 A]QUINOXALIN 5(6H) ONE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; DEXNORFENFLURAMINE; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE DISRUPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BRAIN; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 5-HT2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

MUS;

EID: 77957748758     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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