AgRP and POMC neurons are hypophysiotropic and coordinately regulate multiple endocrine axes in a larval teleost

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-264

  Zhang, Chao ^a,b   Forlano, Paul M ^c   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TELEOST;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 84862815505     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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