Hypothalamic arcuate nucleus tyrosine hydroxylase neurons play orexigenic role in energy homeostasis

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1341-1347

  Zhang, Xiaobing ^a   Van Den Pol, Anthony N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GHRELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; DOPAMINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FIRING RATE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ANIMAL; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; BODY WEIGHT; DOPAMINE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GHRELIN; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84983504559     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4372     Document Type: Article

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