Stimulation of the hypothalamic ventromedial nuclei by pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide induces hypophagia and thermogenesis

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1625-1634

  Resch, Jon M ^a   Boisvert, Joanne P ^a   Hourigan, Allison E ^a   Mueller, Christopher R ^a   Yi, Sun Shin ^a   Choi, Sujean ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Feeding; Pro opiomelanocortin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOPHAGIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE, TYPE I; RNA, MESSENGER; THERMOGENESIS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 82755192274     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00334.2011     Document Type: Article

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