A fall in plasma Free Fatty Acid (FFA) level activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis independent of plasma glucose: Evidence for brain sensing of circulating FFA

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3587-3592

  Oh, Young Taek ^a   Oh, Ki Sook ^a,c   Kang, Insug ^b   Youn, Jang H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N CYCLOHEXYL 2' O METHYLADENOSINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NELIVAPTAN; NICOTINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN INFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NIACIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84864386815     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1330     Document Type: Article

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