Revisiting the ventral medial nucleus of the hypothalamus: The roles of SF-1 neurons in energy homeostasis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 MAY, 2013, Pages

  Choi, Yun Hee ^a   Fujikawa, Teppei ^a   Lee, Jiwon ^a   Reuter, Anne ^b   Kim, Ki Woo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus; Energy homeostasis; Glucose homeostasis; Knockout; Obesity; Steroidogenic factor 1; Ventral medial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOSE; INSULIN RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SIRTUIN 1; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84878819433     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00071     Document Type: Article

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