Leptin-receptor-expressing neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus and median preoptic area regulate sympathetic brown adipose tissue circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1873-1884

  Zhang, Yan ^a,e   Kerman, Ilan A ^b   Laque, Amanda ^a   Nguyen, Phillip ^a   Faouzi, Miro ^c   Louis, Gwendolyn W ^c   Jones, Justin C ^c   Rhodes, Chris ^d   Münzberg, Heike ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d University of Chicago ^*  (United States)

^e TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; FLUOROGOLD; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RAPHE OBSCURUS; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RED NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ZONA INCERTA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79551512119     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3223-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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