The elegance of energy balance: Insight from circuit-level manipulations

Synapse

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 461-474

  Webber, Emily S ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^b   Krashes, Michael J ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemogenetics; Feeding behaviors; Optogenetics

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; HUMANS; HUNGER; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SATIATION;

EID: 84937701368     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21837     Document Type: Article

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