Loss of leptin receptors on hypothalamic POMC neurons alters synaptic inhibition

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2321-2328

  Chun, Sung Kun ^a   Jo, Young Hawn ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN NEURON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78049518304     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00371.2010     Document Type: Article

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