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. 2004 Feb;25(2):261-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.01.012.

Tumor anorexia: effects on neuropeptide Y and monoamines in paraventricular nucleus

Michael M Meguid  1 , Eduardo J B Ramos, Alessandro Laviano, Madhu Varma, Tomoi Sato, Chung Chen, Yong Qi, Undurti N Das
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Tumor anorexia: effects on neuropeptide Y and monoamines in paraventricular nucleus

Michael M Meguid et al. Peptides. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

Paraventricular (PVN) concentrations of neuropeptide Y (NPY), serotonin (5-HT) and dopamine (DA) in anorectic tumor-bearing (TB) rats were measured before and after tumor resection. At onset of anorexia in TB versus non-tumor bearing (NTB) Controls 5-HT increased from 12.19+/-0.49 pg/microg to 14.89+/-0.81 pg/microg ( P<0.05 ) while DA and NPY decreased from 7.34+/-0.42 pg/microg to 4.97+/-0.56 pg/microg and 23.47+/-4.27 pg/microg to 13.64+/-1.44 pg/microg, respectively ( P<0.05 ). After tumor resection, these neuromediators normalized when compared to sham-operated NTB rats. NTB pair-fed Controls were also studied. We conclude that the increased 5-HT and the decreased DA and NPY concentrations in PVN are associated with cancer anorexia and that the NPY food stimulatory effect is linked to serotoninergic and dopaminergic systems in hypothalamus.

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