Electrical chronic vagus nerve stimulation activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in rats fed high-fat diet

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-321

  Gil, Krzysztof ^a   Bugajski, Andrzej ^a   Kurnik, Magdalena ^a   Thor, Piotr ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; High fat diet; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Rat; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84880537342     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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