2003
Fasting Activates the Nonhuman Primate Hypocretin (Orexin) System and Its Postsynaptic Targets
Diano S, Horvath B, Urbanski HF, Sotonyi P, Horvath TL. Fasting Activates the Nonhuman Primate Hypocretin (Orexin) System and Its Postsynaptic Targets. Endocrinology 2003, 144: 3774-3778. PMID: 12933647, DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerifornical regionArcuate nucleusHypothalamic regulationC-Fos-expressing cellsLateral hypothalamic cellsC-fosMedial preoptic areaVariety of endocrineC-fos expressionDiverse brain regionsHCRT axonsLeptin levelsNuclear c-FosDorsomedial hypothalamusAsymmetric synapsesBasal forebrainPresent studyPostsynaptic targetsDorsomedial nucleusNeuropeptide Y.Preoptic areaThalamic nucleiHcrt neuronsHcrt systemAxon terminals
1997
Heterogeneity in the neuropeptide Y-containing neurons of the rat arcuate nucleus: GABAergic and non-GABAergic subpopulations
Horvath T, Bechmann I, Naftolin F, Kalra S, Leranth C. Heterogeneity in the neuropeptide Y-containing neurons of the rat arcuate nucleus: GABAergic and non-GABAergic subpopulations. Brain Research 1997, 756: 283-286. PMID: 9187344, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00184-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropeptide YArcuate nucleusGlutamic acid decarboxylaseGamma-aminobutyric acidAcid decarboxylaseDorsomedial arcuate nucleusNeuropeptide Y cellsVentral arcuate nucleusAmino acid transmittersHypothalamic arcuate nucleusHypothalamic neuronal populationsRat arcuate nucleusGABAergic neuronsNeuronal perikaryaNeuropeptide Y.Central regulationAppetitive functionsNeuronal populationsY cellsBehavioral effectsDorsomedial aspectNeuronsVibratome sectionsHypothalamusPerikarya