Region-specific differences in brain melanocortin receptors in rats of the lean phenotype

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 596-600

  Shukla, Charu ^a   Britton, Steven L ^b   Koch, Lauren G ^b   Novak, Colleen M ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

brain melanocortin system; melanotan II; nonexercise activity thermogenesis; obesity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MELANOTAN II; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; THINNESS;

EID: 84862227299     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328354f5c1     Document Type: Article

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