title: Fasting- and Feeding-associated Changes in Enterostatin (Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg)-like Immunoreactivity in the Rat Brain.
abstract: Enterostatin (Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg)-like immunoreactivity (VPDPR-LI) is unevenly distributed in the rat brain, with the highest concentration in the striatum. Fasting elevates the level of VPDPR-LI in the striatum but not in other regions of the rat brain. When fasted rats were fed, however, the striatal VPDPR-LI returns to the control (fed ad lib) level. These results, coupled with the anorectic properties of enterostatin, suggest an appetite regulatory role for endogenous VPDPR-LI in the rat.
authors.affiliation: a Obesity Research Program, Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine , Louisiana State University Medical Center , 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans , LA 70112 , USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.affiliation: a Obesity Research Program, Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine , Louisiana State University Medical Center , 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans , LA 70112 , USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prasad
keywords: Appetite; Enterostatins; Fasting; Feeding; Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg