Melatonin counteracts changes in hypothalamic gene expression of signals regulating feeding behavior in high-fat fed rats

Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Ríos Lugo, María J ^a   Jiménez Ortega, Vanesa ^a   Cano Barquilla, Pilar ^a   Mateos, Pilar Fernández ^a   Spinedi, Eduardo J ^b   Cardinali, Daniel P ^c   Esquifino, Ana I ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

adiponectin; food intake; gene expression; high fat diet; leptin; medial basal hypothalamus; melatonin; neuropeptide Y; prolactin releasing peptide; proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84928650176     PISSN: 18681883     EISSN: 18681891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hmbci-2014-0041     Document Type: Article

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