The vital role of arcuate nociceptin/orphanin FQ neurones in mounting an oestradiol‐dependent adaptive response to negative energy balance via inhibition of nearby proopiomelanocortin neurones

Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Inhibits A10 Dopamine Neurons and Suppresses the Binge-like Consumption of Palatable Food

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Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Excites Proopiomelanocortin Neurons: Implications for the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis

(2020) Rachel Chang et al.   NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

PNOCARC Neurons Promote Hyperphagia and Obesity upon High-Fat-Diet Feeding

(2020) Alexander Jais et al.   NEURON

Nociceptin/orphanin FQ neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus and Ventral Tegmental Area Act via Nociceptin Opioid Peptide Receptor Signaling to Inhibit Proopiomelanocortin and A10 Dopamine Neurons and Thereby Modulate Ingestion of Palatable Food

(2020) Jennifer Hernandez et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

A Paranigral VTA Nociceptin Circuit that Constrains Motivation for Reward

(2019) Kyle E. Parker et al.   CELL

Endocannabinoid Signaling at Hypothalamic Steroidogenic Factor-1/Proopiomelanocortin Synapses Is Sex- and Diet-Sensitive

(2018) Carolina Fabelo et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Chemogenetics revealed: DREADD occupancy and activation via converted clozapine

(2017) Juan L. Gomez et al.   SCIENCE

Modulatory influences of estradiol and other anorexigenic hormones on metabotropic, Gi/o-coupled receptor function in the hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis

(2016) Virginia Mela et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Estradiol Rapidly Attenuates ORL-1 Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Proopiomelanocortin Neurons via Gq-Coupled, Membrane-Initiated Signaling

(2016) Kristie Conde et al.   NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Testosterone Rapidly Augments Retrograde Endocannabinoid Signaling in Proopiomelanocortin Neurons to Suppress Glutamatergic Input from Steroidogenic Factor 1 Neurons via Upregulation of Diacylglycerol Lipase-α

(2016) Kristie Conde et al.   NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

High-frequency stimulation-induced peptide release synchronizes arcuate kisspeptin neurons and excites GnRH neurons

(2016) Jian Qiu et al.   eLife

Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the estrogenic attenuation of cannabinoid-induced changes in energy homeostasis

(2015) Amanda Borgquist et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Gonadal Steroids Differentially Modulate the Actions of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin at A Physiologically Relevant Circuit Controlling Female Sexual Receptivity

(2014) A. Borgquist et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

The membrane estrogen receptor ligand STX rapidly enhances GABAergic signaling in NPY/AgRP neurons: role in mediating the anorexigenic effects of 17β-estradiol

(2013) A. W. Smith et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Estradiol Negatively Modulates the Pleiotropic Actions of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin at Proopiomelanocortin Synapses

(2013) Amanda Borgquist et al.   NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

T-type calcium channels in burst-firing, network synchrony, and epilepsy

(2012) Stuart M. Cain et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

A pilot study of the effects of cannabis on appetite hormones in HIV-infected adult men

(2011) Patricia K. Riggs et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Nociceptin/orphanin FQ suppresses the excitability of neurons in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

(2011) Melissa J. Chee et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins

(2011) Joanna Mattis et al.   NATURE METHODS

GIRK channel-mediated inhibition of melanin-concentrating hormone neurons by nociceptin/orphanin FQ

(2010) Matthew P. Parsons et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The role of the NOP receptor in regulating food intake, meal pattern, and the excitability of proopiomelanocortin neurons

(2010) Borzoo Farhang et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Changes in NPY and POMC, but not serotonin transporter, following a restricted feeding/repletion protocol in rats

(2009) Nuria Lauzurica et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Chronic Intracerebroventricular Infusion of Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Produces Body Weight Gain by Affecting Both Feeding and Energy Metabolism in Mice

(2009) Hiroko Matsushita et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Estrogen rapidly attenuates cannabinoid-induced changes in energy homeostasis

(2009) Brian A. Kellert et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Swim stress enhances nociceptin/orphanin FQ-induced inhibition of rat dorsal raphe nucleus activity in vivo and in vitro: Role of corticotropin releasing factor

(2009) Cristiano Nazzaro et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Activation of nociceptin/orphanin FQ-NOP receptor system inhibits tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation, dopamine synthesis, and dopamine D1 receptor signaling in rat nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum

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