Liver ERα regulates AgRP neuronal activity in the arcuate nucleus of female mice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Benedusi, Valeria ^a   Della Torre, Sara ^a   Mitro, Nico ^a   Caruso, Donatella ^a   Oberto, Alessandra ^c   Tronel, Claire ^b   Meda, Clara ^a   Maggi, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AGRP PROTEIN, MOUSE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIVER; MICE; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 85018741899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01393-0     Document Type: Article

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