Estrogen receptor-α in medial amygdala neurons regulates body weight

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2861-2876

  Xu, Pingwen ^a   Cao, Xuehong ^a   He, Yanlin ^a   Zhu, Liangru ^a,b   Yang, Yongjie ^a   Saito, Kenji ^a   Wang, Chunmei ^a   Yan, Xiaofeng ^a   Hinton, Antentor Othrell ^a   Zou, Fang ^a   Ding, Hongfang ^a   Xia, Yan ^a   Yan, Chunling ^a   Shu, Gang ^a   Wu, San Pin ^a   Yang, Bin ^c   Feng, Yuxin ^d   Clegg, Deborah J ^e   DeMarchi, Richard ^c   Khan, Sohaib A ^f   Tsai, Sophia Y ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Tong, Qingchun ^g   Xu, Yong ^a   more..

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; GLUTAMINASE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OLFACTORY TRACT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; SENSORY NERVE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOMEDIAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OBESITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84936802499     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI80941     Document Type: Article

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