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B E Levin1, P Israel, D P Lattemann.
Abstract
Intracerebroventricular infusion of insulin (2 mU/ day) produced selective downregulation of 3H-paraminoclonidine binding to alpha2-adrenoceptors in the hypothalamic arcuate (14%) and dorsomedial (19%) nuclei out of 16 forebrain areas in Wistar rats. Binding of 3H-prazosin to alpha1-adrenoceptors was unaffected. This is in keeping with the known effect of insulin on catecholamine and neuropeptide Y metabolism in these brain regions that play an important role in energy homeostasis.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9443837 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00336-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res Bull ISSN: 0361-9230 Impact factor: 4.077