Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone through melanocortin-4 receptor inhibits nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase expression in the hypothalamus of male rats.

Caruso, Carla; Mohn, Claudia; Karara, Armando L; Rettori, Valeria; Watanobe, Hajime; Schiöth, Helgi B; Seilicovich, Adriana; Lasaga, Mercedes

Caruso, Carla; Mohn, Claudia; Karara, Armando L; Rettori, Valeria; Watanobe, Hajime; Schiöth, Helgi B; Seilicovich, Adriana; Lasaga, Mercedes.

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Caruso C; Centro de Investigaciones en Reproducción, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Neuroendocrinology ; 79(5): 278-86, 2004.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15218320

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Hypothalamus/enzymology; Nitric Oxide Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/metabolism; Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4/physiology; alpha-MSH/physiology; Animals; Corticosterone/metabolism; Down-Regulation; Hypothalamus/drug effects; In Vitro Techniques; Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology; Luteinizing Hormone/drug effects; Luteinizing Hormone/metabolism; Male; Nitric Oxide Synthase/genetics; Nitric Oxide Synthase/metabolism; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology; Prolactin/drug effects; Prolactin/metabolism; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/drug effects; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/genetics; RNA, Messenger/analysis; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4/antagonists & inhibitors

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Alpha-MSH / Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Nitric Oxide Synthase / Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / Hypothalamus Limits: Animals Language: En Year: 2004 Type: Article

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