Systemic leptin dose-dependently increases STAT3 phosphorylation within hypothalamic and hindbrain nuclei

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Maniscalco, James W ^a   Rinaman, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus; Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript; Glucagon like peptide 1; Leptin; Noradrenergic; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Prolactin releasing peptide; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; LEPTIN; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH EMPTYING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS; COCAINE- AND AMPHETAMINE-REGULATED TRANSCRIPT; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1; LEPTIN; NORADRENERGIC; NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT; PROLACTIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION 3; VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84900531001     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00017.2014     Document Type: Article

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