CART peptides: regulators of body weight, reward and other functions

G Rogge, D Jones, GW Hubert, Y Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2008 - nature.com
Over the past decade or so, CART (cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript)
peptides have emerged as major neurotransmitters and hormones. CART peptides are …

CART in the regulation of appetite and energy homeostasis

J Lau, H Herzog - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) has been the subject of
significant interest for over a decade. Work to decipher the detailed mechanism of CART …

Effect of heat exposure on gene expression of feed intake regulatory peptides in laying hens

Z Song, L Liu, A Sheikhahmadi… - BioMed research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of heat stress on the regulation of appetite‐
associated genes in laying hens. Forty eight laying hens were randomly divided into two …

Circadian phase and sex effects on depressive/anxiety-like behaviors and HPA axis responses to acute stress

P Verma, KGC Hellemans, FY Choi, W Yu… - Physiology & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Circadian dysregulation in sleep pattern, mood, and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA)
axis activity, often occurring in a sexually dimorphic manner, are characteristics of …

Cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART): a multifaceted neuropeptide

H Ahmadian-Moghadam, MS Sadat-Shirazi… - Peptides, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last 35 years, the continuous discovery of novel neuropeptides has been the key to
the better understanding of how the central nervous system has integrated with neuronal …

Stress-related changes in the activity of cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript and nesfatin neurons in the midbrain non-preganglionic Edinger–Westphal …

L Xu, B Bloem, B Gaszner, EW Roubos, T Kozicz - Neuroscience, 2010 - Elsevier
Cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and nesfatin-1/nucleobindin 2
(NUCB2) are assumed to play a role in feeding and adaptation to stress. Both peptides are …

Nicotinic cholinergic system in the hypothalamus modulates the activity of the hypothalamic neuropeptides during the stress response

B Balkan, S Pogun - Current Neuropharmacology, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The hypothalamus harbors high levels of cholinergic neurons and axon
terminals. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which play an important role in cholinergic …

Forced swim stress elicits region-specific changes in CART expression in the stress axis and stress regulatory brain areas

B Balkan, A Keser, O Gozen, EO Koylu, T Dagci… - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
CART mRNA and peptides are highly expressed in the anatomical structures composing the
hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and sympatho-adrenal system. Anatomical and …

Increased levels of cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript in two animal models of depression and anxiety

S Wiehager, DI Beiderbeck, SHM Gruber… - Neurobiology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The neurobiological bases of mood disorders remain elusive but both monoamines and
neuropeptides may play important roles. The neuropeptide cocaine and amphetamine …

Effects of reboxetine and citalopram pretreatment on changes in cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) expression in rat brain induced by the forced …

S Kang, HJ Kim, HJ Kim, SK Shin, SH Choi… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) has been implicated in the
regulation of the stress response. Although the forced swimming test (FST), in which rats are …