Functional implications of limited leptin receptor and ghrelin receptor coexpression in the brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-294

  Perello, Mario ^a,c   Scott, Michael M ^a   Sakata, Ichiro ^a   Lee, Charlotte E ^a   Chuang, Jen Chieh ^a   Osborne Lawrence, Sherri ^a   Rovinsky, Sherry A ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^a,b   Zigman, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

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

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

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Food intake; GHSR; LepRb; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIET, HIGH-FAT; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 82355161614     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22690     Document Type: Article

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