Role of hypothalamic VGF in energy balance and metabolic adaption to environmental enrichment in mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 983-996

  Foglesong, Grant D ^a,b   Huang, Wei ^a,b   Liu, Xianglan ^a,b   Slater, Andrew M ^a,b   Siu, Jason ^a,b   Yildiz, Vedat ^a   Salton, Stephen R J ^c   Cao, Lei ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PROTEIN VGF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; VGF PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TRANSFER; GERM LINE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADAPTATION; ADIPOCYTE; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84960538964     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1627     Document Type: Article

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