Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide immunoreactivity in feeding- and reward-related brain areas of young OLETF rats

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 50-51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-84

  Armbruszt, Simon ^a   Abraham, Hajnalka ^b   Figler, Maria ^a   Kozicz, Tamas ^c   Hajnal, Andras ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central food intake regulation; Cholecystokinin receptor; Obesity; Reward system; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ A RECEPTOR; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, CHOLECYSTOKININ; REWARD;

EID: 84877617600     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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