The medial preoptic nucleus as a site of the thermogenic and metabolic actions of melanotan II in male rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Monge Roffarello, Boris ^a   Labbe, Sebastien M ^a   Lenglos, Christophe ^a   Caron, Alexandre ^a   Lanfray, Damien ^a   Samson, Pierre ^a   Richard, Denis ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Glucose uptake; Indirect calorimetry; Medial preoptic nucleus; Melanocortins; Nonesterified fatty acid uptake

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84904356069     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00059.2014     Document Type: Article

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