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Food intake regulating-neuropeptides are expressed and regulated through pregnancy and following food restriction in rat placenta

BACKGROUND: Neuropeptide Y (NPY), agouti related peptide (AgRP), cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and melanocortins, the products of the proopiomelanocortin (POMC), are hypothalamic peptides involved in feeding regulation and energy homeostasis. Recent evidence has demonstrated th...

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Autores principales: Caminos, Jorge E, Bravo, Susana B, González, C Ruth, Garcés, Maria F, Cepeda, Libia A, González, Adriana C, Cordido, Fernando, López, Miguel, Diéguez, Carlos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18384674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-6-14