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NPY mediates the feeding elicited by muscimol injections into the nucleus accumbens shell.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15570176     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Injections of muscimol into the nucleus accumbens shell (AcbSh) induce large increases in food intake in satiated rats and also activate neurons in a number of feeding-related brain regions, including NPY-containing neurons in the arcuate hypothalamic nucleus and cells in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. This suggests that the NPY system may participate in the expression of AcbSh-mediated feeding behavior. Therefore, we examined the effects of intraventricular administration of the Y1 receptor antagonist 1229U91 or the Y5 receptor antagonist L-152,804 on AcbSh-mediated food intake. Intra-AcbSh muscimol elicited a large increase in food intake which was potently suppressed by blocking either central Y1 or Y5 receptors. Our results suggest that the AcbSh influences food intake, in part, through the release of NPY.
Authors:
Thomas R Stratford; David Wirtshafter
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuroreport     Volume:  15     ISSN:  0959-4965     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuroreport     Publication Date:  2004 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-11-30     Completed Date:  2005-05-16     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9100935     Medline TA:  Neuroreport     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2673-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience and Department of Psychology (m/c 285), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. ratdoc@uic.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Cyclohexanes / pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Administration Routes
Drug Interactions
Eating / drug effects*
GABA Agonists / pharmacology*
Male
Muscimol / pharmacology*
Neuropeptide Y / physiology*
Nucleus Accumbens / drug effects*
Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / antagonists & inhibitors
Xanthenes / pharmacology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
NS 33992/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/1229U91; 0/Cyclohexanes; 0/GABA Agonists; 0/L 152804; 0/Neuropeptide Y; 0/Peptides, Cyclic; 0/Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; 0/Xanthenes; 2763-96-4/Muscimol

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