Regulation of expression of relaxin-3 and its receptor RXFP3 in the brain of diet-induced obese rats

Neuropeptides

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 119-132

  Lenglos, Christophe ^a   Mitra, Arojit ^a   Guèvremont, Geneviève ^a   Timofeeva, Elena ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Obesity; Relaxin 3; RXFP3

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RXFP3; RELAXIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORTICOSTERONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INSULIN; NERVE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; RELAXIN-3, RAT; RXFP3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REFEEDING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; GENETICS; LIPID DIET; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOKINASE; INSULIN; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RELAXIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84899941329     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: 15322785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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