Leptin modulates the intrinsic excitability of AgRP/NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5486-5496

  Baver, Scott B ^a   Hope, Kevin ^b   Guyot, Shannon ^a   Bjørbaek, Christian ^c   Kaczorowski, Catherine ^a,b   O'Connell, Kristen M S ^a,b  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Hypothalamus; Kv channels; Kv2.1; Leptin; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KV CHANNELS; KV2.1; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84899486552     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4861-12.2014     Document Type: Article

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