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Age-dependent hypothalamic expression of neuropeptides in wild-type and melanocortin-4 receptor-deficient mice.
Physiological genomics - 16 Dec 2003
Arens Janine, Moar Kim M, Eiden Sandra, Weide Karin, Schmidt Ingrid, Mercer Julian G, Simon Eckhart, Korf Horst-W
Abstract excerpt
In young (35- to 56-day-old) and middle-aged (9-mo-old) wild-type (+/+) and melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R)-deficient (+/-, -/-) mice, expressions of neuropeptide Y (NPY), agouti-related protein (AGRP), pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), and cocaine-and-amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) were analyzed in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and adjacent regions comprising the dorsomedial (DMN) and ventromedial (VMN) nucleus....
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