Short-term dexamethasone treatment increases food intake, but apparently not through changes in NPY content in the PVN.
White
B D
BD
Department of Foods & Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
Dean
R G
RG
Martin
R J
RJ
D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000378:metabolism*; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012016:Reference Values; D013997:Time Factors
D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003907:Dexamethasone