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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
We have previously demonstrated that bombesin (BBS) infused into the fourth cerebral ventricle in rats suppressed feeding at doses 10-1,000 times less than those required after lateral ventricular administration. These results suggest that centrally administered BBS acts in the caudal hindbrain to suppress food intake. To investigate the participation of caudal hindbrain structures in fourth-ventricular BBS-induced suppression of feeding, we made lesions that destroyed the following: 1) area postrema (AP) and 2) and medial nucleus of the solitary tract (NST). Additionally, we examined the role of the AP/NST in the suppression of food intake after peripheral BBS administration. Our experiments revealed that lesions of the AP/NST abolished the suppression of food intake by fourth-ventricular BBS and attenuated the suppression of food intake by peripheral BBS. Lesions restricted to the AP attenuated the suppression of food intake by fourth-ventricular BBS but had no effect on suppression of intake by peripherally administered BBS. These results suggest that the NST may be a common neural substrate for the inhibition of food intake by both centrally and peripherally administered BBS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R1229-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Caudal hindbrain participation in the suppression of feeding by central and peripheral bombesin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.