Glucocorticoids are required for meal-induced changes in the expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides

Neuropeptides

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 119-124

  Uchoa, Ernane Torres ^a   Silva, Lilian Eslaine C M ^a   de Castro, Margaret ^a   Antunes Rodrigues, Jose ^a   Elias, Lucila L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding; Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamus; Insulin; Leptin; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REFEEDING;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EATING; FASTING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84860680633     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: 15322785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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