Moderate Long-Term Modulation of Neuropeptide Y in Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Induces Energy Balance Alterations in Adult Rats

Lígia Sousa-Ferreira; Manuel Garrido; Isabel Nascimento-Ferreira; Clévio Nobrega; Ana Santos-Carvalho; Ana Rita Álvaro; Joana Rosmaninho-Salgado; Manuella Kaster; Sebastian Kügler; Luís Pereira de Almeida; Claudia Cavadas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022333

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Moderate Long-Term Modulation of Neuropeptide Y in Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Induces Energy Balance Alterations in Adult Rats

Lígia Sousa-Ferreira,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Manuel Garrido,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Neurology, Viral Vectors Laboratory, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Isabel Nascimento-Ferreira,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Clévio Nobrega,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Ana Santos-Carvalho,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Ana Rita Álvaro,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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Joana Rosmaninho-Salgado,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Manuella Kaster,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sebastian Kügler,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Viral Vectors Laboratory, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Luís Pereira de Almeida ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Luís Pereira de Almeida, Claudia Cavadas

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Claudia Cavadas

Contributed equally to this work with: Luís Pereira de Almeida, Claudia Cavadas

* E-mail: ccavadas@ff.uc.pt

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Moderate Long-Term Modulation of Neuropeptide Y in Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus Induces Energy Balance Alterations in Adult Rats

Lígia Sousa-Ferreira,
Manuel Garrido,
Isabel Nascimento-Ferreira,
Clévio Nobrega,
Ana Santos-Carvalho,
Ana Rita Álvaro,
Joana Rosmaninho-Salgado,
Manuella Kaster,
Sebastian Kügler,
Luís Pereira de Almeida

Published: July 22, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022333

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