Orexin neurons use endocannabinoids to break obesity-induced inhibition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 9625-9626

  Alpár, Alán ^a   Harkany, Tibor ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ENDOCANNABINOID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; MALE; NEURONS; OBESITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84878964173     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307389110     Document Type: Note

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