The cannabinoid CB 1 receptor antagonist SR141716 blocks the orexigenic effects of intrahypothalamic ghrelin

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 520-523

  Tucci, Sonia A ^a   Rogers, Elizabeth K ^a   Korbonits, Márta ^b   Kirkham, Tim C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Endocannabinoid; Ghrelin; PVN; SR141716

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; GHRELIN; RIMONABANT; APPETITE STIMULANT; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITE STIMULANTS; EATING; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 8744249918     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705968     Document Type: Article

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