The neural mechanisms involved in the compensatory hyperphagia exhibited by many
vertebrate species after a fast are not fully understood but, in mammals, appear to involve …

Signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat)-3 signals mediate many of the
metabolic effects of the fat cell-derived hormone, leptin. In mice, brain-specific depletion of …

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related protein (AgRP), potent stimulants of feeding, have
been linked in adult rats to both corticosterone (CORT) and dietary carbohydrate. To …

The mechanisms underlying the control of food intake are considerably better understood
than those underlying the appetitive ingestive behaviors of foraging and hoarding of food …

Abstract Agouti-related protein (AgRP), expressed in both the periphery and the brain, can
result in obesity. Its active C-terminal fragment, AgRP (83-132), was recently reported to …

The agouti-related protein gene (Agrp) is a novel gene implicated in the control of feeding
behavior. The hypothalamic expression of Agrp is regulated by leptin, and overexpression of …

Hypothalamic agouti-related peptide (AgRP) and neuropeptide Y-expressing neurons have
a critical role in driving food intake, but also in modulating complex, non-feeding behaviours …

The neuropeptide Y (NPY)/Agouti-related protein (AgRP) neurons of the hypothalamic
arcuate nucleus are thought to promote feeding. Here, we demonstrate that feeding state in …

Objective Arcuate nucleus (ARC) neurons producing Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) and
neuropeptide Y (NPY; ARC AgRP/NPY neurons) are activated under energy-deficit states …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the Agouti-related protein (Agrp), the melanocortin
receptor antagonist, alters oxygen consumption, as a measure of energy expenditure …