Modulation of the central melanocortin system by leptin, insulin, and serotonin: Co-ordinated actions in a dispersed neuronal network

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 660, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-12

  Williams, Kevin W ^a   Scott, Michael M ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin; Leptin; Obesity; Patch clamp; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2C AGONIST; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTINS; NERVE NET; SEROTONIN;

EID: 79951990905     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.11.042     Document Type: Review

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