Medial nucleus tractus solitarius oxytocin receptor signaling and food intake control: The role of gastrointestinal satiation signal processing

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 9, 2015, Pages R800-R806

  Ong, Zhi Yi ^a   Alhadeff, Amber L ^a   Grill, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Hindbrain; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Oxytocin; Satiation

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR, RAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL VAGAL COMPLEX; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; INGESTION; MALE; MEDIAL NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SATIETY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS; ANIMAL; EATING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; EATING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SATIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 84929648700     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00534.2014     Document Type: Article

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