[Relevance of the melanocortinergic system for body weight regulation]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2003 Feb 28;128(9):447-52. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-37546.
[Article in German]
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus / physiology
  • Body Weight / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / physiology
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin / genetics
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin / physiology
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 3
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4
  • Receptors, Corticotropin / physiology
  • alpha-MSH / physiology*

Substances

  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 3
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4
  • Receptors, Corticotropin
  • alpha-MSH
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin