Hypothalamic tanycytes-masters and servants of metabolic, neuroendocrine, and neurogenic functions

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Goodman, Timothy ^a   Hajihosseini, Mohammad K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite and energy expenditure; Barrier function; Neuroendocrine; Postnatal neurogenesis; Tanycytes

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; DRUG METABOLITE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL AGING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRACKING; CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGAN; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SUBGRANULAR ZONE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TANYCYTE;

EID: 84946568131     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00387     Document Type: Review

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