Neurotensin decreases with fasting in the ventromedian nucleus of obese Zucker rats.

doi:10.1016/0026-0495(95)90091-8

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Neurotensin decreases with fasting in the ventromedian nucleus of obese Zucker rats.

Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Aug 1995

Beck B, Nicolas J P, Burlet C

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Neurotensin (NT) inhibits food intake when injected either in brain ventricles or in hypothalamic nuclei such as the ventromedian nucleus (VMN). NT concentrations are lower in obese than in lean Zucker rats in several hypothalamic nuclei, including the VMN. In this experiment, we studied the infl...

Topics

3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
Animals
Blood Glucose
Body Weight
Eating
Fasting
Genotype
Hydroxybutyrates
Neurotensin
Obesity
Radioimmunoassay
Random Allocation
Rats
Rats, Zucker
Time Factors
Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus

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