Estradiol acts in the medial preoptic area, arcuate nucleus, and dorsal raphe nucleus to reduce food intake in ovariectomized rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-93

  Santollo, Jessica ^a   Torregrossa, Ann Marie ^a   Eckel, Lisa A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Female rat; Lateral hypothalamus; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Satiety; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; EATING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 79958072418     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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