| Literature DB >> 3476178 |
N Shimizu, Y Oomura, C R Plata-Salamán, M Morimoto.
Abstract
Macro-electrophoretic applications of the cellular neurotoxin ibotenic acid into the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) resulted in hyperphagia and obesity in male rats. Histological examination showed a reduction in the number of neuronal VMH cell bodies with glial proliferation without evidence of non-specific damage. This supports the hypothesis that hyperphagia and obesity after VMH lesions are related to destruction of neurons intrinsic to the VMH.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3476178 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)91508-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252