Unraveling the central proopiomelanocortin neural circuits

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 FEB, 2013, Pages

  Mercer, Aaron J ^a   Hentges, Shane T ^b   Meshul, Charles K ^c,d   Low, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Energy homeostasis; Hypothalamus; Metabolism; Neural networks; Obesity; Proopiomelanocortin neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; MELANOCORTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84878868482     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00019     Document Type: Article

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