AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-355

  Aponte, Yexica ^a   Atasoy, Deniz ^a   Sternson, Scott M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; MELANOCORTINS; MICE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 79951992387     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2739     Document Type: Article

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