Biphasic effect of melanocortin agonists on metabolic rate and body temperature

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 333-345

  Lute, Beth ^a   Jou, William ^a   Lateef, Dalya M ^a   Goldgof, Margalit ^a   Xiao, Cuiying ^a   Piñol, Ramón A ^a   Kravitz, Alexxai V ^a   Miller, Nicole R ^b   Huang, Yuning George ^a   Girardet, Clemence ^c   Butler, Andrew A ^c   Gavrilova, Oksana ^a   Reitman, Marc L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL-NORLEUCYL(4)-(ASPARTYL(5)-HISTIDYL(6)-PHENYLALANYL(7)-ARGINYL(8)-TRYPTOPHYL(9)-LYSYL(10))CYCLO-ALPHA-MSH(4-10)AMIDE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

AGONISTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY TEMPERATURE; C57BL MOUSE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN;

EID: 84905855677     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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