Ghrelin agonists impact on Fos protein expression in brain areas related to food intake regulation in male C57BL/6 mice

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 889-895

  Pirnik, Z ^a,b   Bundzikova J ^a   Holubova M ^c   Pychova M ^c   Fehrentz, J A ^d   Martinez, J ^d   Zelezna B ^c   Maletinska L ^c   Kiss, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Food intake; Fos immunohistochemistry; Ghrelin; Ghrelin agonists; Male C57BL 6 mice

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; MACIMORELIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EATING DISORDERS; GHRELIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; UP-REGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 80053345068     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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