Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in VMH as the causal factor for and therapeutic tool to treat visceral adiposity and hyperleptinemia in type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Maekawa, Fumihiko ^a,b   Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Toriya, Masako ^a   Maejima, Yuko ^a   Nishio, Takashi ^c   Toyoda, Yukiyasu ^c   Nohara, Keiko ^b   Yashiro, Takashi ^a   Yada, Toshihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BDNF; Glucose; Hyperleptinemia; Type 2 diabetes; Visceral fat; VMH

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MESENTERIC FAT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 84904746043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16633563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2013.00007     Document Type: Article

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