2006
gp130 signaling in proopiomelanocortin neurons mediates the acute anorectic response to centrally applied ciliary neurotrophic factor
Janoschek R, Plum L, Koch L, Münzberg H, Diano S, Shanabrough M, Müller W, Horvath TL, Brüning JC. gp130 signaling in proopiomelanocortin neurons mediates the acute anorectic response to centrally applied ciliary neurotrophic factor. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2006, 103: 10707-10712. PMID: 16818888, PMCID: PMC1502296, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600425103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCiliary neurotrophic factorAnorectic effectPOMC neuronsNeurotrophic factorCNTF actionAcute anorectic responseNormal energy homeostasisHigh-fat dietStress-induced anorexiaC-fos expressionProopiomelanocortin neuronsAnorectic responseHypothalamic neuronsLeptin resistanceFat dietParaventricular nucleusUnaltered numberKnockout micePOMC cellsCommon cytokinesEnergy homeostasisNeuronsSTAT3 phosphorylationExact siteCre-loxP
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