Nicotine excites hypothalamic arcuate anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin neurons and orexigenic neuropeptide Y neurons: similarities and differences
Huang H, Xu Y, van den Pol AN. Nicotine excites hypothalamic arcuate anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin neurons and orexigenic neuropeptide Y neurons: similarities and differences. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2011, 106: 1191-1202. PMID: 21653710, PMCID: PMC3174824, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00740.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnorexigenic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neuronsPOMC cellsNPY neuronsProopiomelanocortin neuronsOrexigenic neuropeptide Y (NPY) neuronsHypocretin/orexin neuronsWeight lossNeuropeptide Y cellsWeight-reducing actionsNeuropeptide Y neuronsExcitatory synaptic activityPrevalence of obesityHypothalamic arcuate nucleusΑ4β2 nicotinic receptorsBiggest health problemsSimilar actionsAttenuates ObesityCell typesY neuronsOrexin neuronsCholinergic axonsMembrane potentialNPY cellsArcuate nucleusNicotine action