Nicotine administration decreases nitric oxide synthase expression in the hypothalamus of food-deprived rats.

Jang, Mi-Hyeon

Nicotine administration decreases nitric oxide synthase expression in the hypothalamus of food-deprived rats. [electronic resource] - Neuroscience letters Mar 2002 - 29-32 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0304-3940

10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00076-9 doi


Animals
Appetite Regulation--drug effects
Food Deprivation--physiology
Hypothalamic Area, Lateral--cytology
Hypothalamus--cytology
Immunohistochemistry
Male
NADPH Dehydrogenase--drug effects
Nicotine--pharmacology
Nitrergic Neurons--cytology
Nitric Oxide--metabolism
Nitric Oxide Synthase--drug effects
Obesity--drug therapy
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus--cytology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Tobacco Use Disorder--metabolism
Up-Regulation--drug effects
Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus--cytology