Insulin action on GABA neurons is a critical regulator of energy balance but not fertility in mice

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4368-4379

  Evans, Maggie C ^a   Rizwan, Mohammed Z ^a   Anderson, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 84908046858     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1412     Document Type: Article

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