Immortalized neurons for the study of hypothalamic function

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dalvi, Prasad S ^a   Nazarians Armavil, Anaies ^a   Tung, Stephanie ^a   Belsham, Denise D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Glucose sensing; GoFnadotropin inhibitory hormone; Hypothalamus; Kisspeptin; Neurogenesis; Neuronal cell lines; Neuropeptide Y; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOSE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO CELL; ENERGY BALANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79955829403     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00649.2010     Document Type: Article

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