Research Article
α-MSH Influences the Excitability of Feeding-Related Neurons in the Hypothalamus and Dorsal Vagal Complex of Rats
Table 1
Effects of
-MSH on glucose-sensitive neurons in the hypothalamus.
| | Response to glucose | Response to -MSH | Activated | Depressed | Insensitive |
| LHA | 26 GE neurons | 8 (30.8%) | 8 (30.8%) | 10 (38.4%) | 36 GI neurons | 4 (11.1%) | 27 (75.0%) | 5 (13.9%) | VMN | 22 GE neurons | 20 (90.0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 1 (4.5%) | 8 GI neurons | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | PVN | 27 GE neurons | 24 (88.9%) | 3 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 20 GI neurons | 6 (30.0%) | 14 (70.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
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