Central Administration of Aminoprocalcitonin Inhibits Food Intake and Stimulates the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Rats via the Corticotrophin-Releasing Factor System

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1040-1054

  Tavares, E ^a   Maldonado, R ^a   Garcia Martinez, A ^a   Minano F J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CRF; Feeding; Hypothalamus; N procalcitonin; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

AMINOPROCALCITONIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCITONIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EATING; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84862703996     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02308.x     Document Type: Article

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