Title : The role of the vagus nerve in mediating the long-term anorectic effects of leptin.

Pub. Date : 2007 Apr

PMID : 17355316






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1 Analyses of brains from saline-treated VGX animals revealed a significant induction of Fos in the nucleus tractus solitarii and changes in agouti-related peptide and pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA expression in the hypothalamus compared to their SHAM counterparts, indicating that the vagotomy surgery itself induced a modification of brain activity in areas involved in regulating appetite. Sodium Chloride proopiomelanocortin Rattus norvegicus