Neurochemical characterization and sexual dimorphism of projections from the brain to abdominal and subcutaneous white adipose tissue in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 15913-15921

  Adler, Elaine S ^a   Hollis, Jacob H ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^a   Grattan, David R ^b   Oldfield, Brian J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETROPERITONEAL FAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MELANINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84868526381     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2591-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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