Publication Date:
1978-12-01
Description:
Small doses of the opiate antagonist naloxone selectively abolished overeating in genetically obese mice (ob/ob) and rats (fa/fa). Elevated concentrations of the naturally occurring opiate beta-endorphin were found in the pituitaries of both obese species and in the blood plasma of the obese rats. Brain levels of beta-endorphin and Leu-enkephalin were unchanged. These data suggest that excess pituitary beta-endorphin may play a role in the development of the overeating and obesity syndrome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Margules, D L -- Moisset, B -- Lewis, M J -- Shibuya, H -- Pert, C B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Dec 1;202(4371):988-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/715455" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Disease Models, Animal
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Eating/drug effects
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Endorphins/antagonists & inhibitors/blood/*physiology
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Feeding Behavior/*physiology
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Female
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Obese/*physiology
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Naloxone/pharmacology
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Obesity/genetics/*physiopathology
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Pituitary Gland/physiology
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Rats
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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