Appetite-suppressing effects and interactions of centrally administered corticotropin-releasing factor, urotensin i and serotonin in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 OCT, 2013, Pages

  Ortega, Van A ^a   Lovejoy, David A ^b   Bernier, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexigenic actions; Fish; Food intake; Icv injections; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; METHYSERGIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; UROTENSIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAINBOW TROUT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84888807590     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00196     Document Type: Article

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