Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
"Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Peptides with the ability to stimulate pigmented cells MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. By stimulating the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in these pigmented cells, they increase coloration of skin and other tissue. MSHs, derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), are produced by MELANOTROPHS in the INTERMEDIATE LOBE OF PITUITARY; CORTICOTROPHS in the ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY, and the hypothalamic neurons in the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS.
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D009074
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MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.531.750 D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750 D12.644.400.400.935.531.750 D12.644.400.460 D12.644.548.365.935.531.750 D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750 D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750 D12.776.631.650.460
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Concept/Terms |
Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones- Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
- Melanocyte Stimulating Hormones
- MSH (Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones)
- Melanophore-Stimulating Hormone
- Melanophore Stimulating Hormone
- Melanotropin
- MSH
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Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone discloses a stimulatory effect of beta-endorphin on somatostatin release. Brain Res. 1987 Aug 04; 417(1):127-30.
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The influence of suckling on the hypothalamic and pituitary secretion of immunoreactive alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone. Brain Res. 1986 Nov 29; 398(2):361-5.
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Interaction of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone with beta-endorphin to influence anterior pituitary hormone secretion in the female rat. Endocrinology. 1986 Sep; 119(3):1071-5.
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Central administration of alpha-MSH antiserum augments fever in the rabbit. Am J Physiol. 1986 May; 250(5 Pt 2):R803-6.
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The development of prolactin, growth hormone, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and monoaminergic systems in the rat. Monogr Neural Sci. 1986; 12:1-6.
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Stress-induced secretion of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and its physiological role in modulating the secretion of prolactin and luteinizing hormone in the female rat. Endocrinology. 1985 Dec; 117(6):2483-9.
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The effect of the estrous cycle and estrogen on the release of immunoreactive alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone. Peptides. 1985 May-Jun; 6(3):503-8.
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Fever-specific changes in central MSH and CRF concentrations. Am J Physiol. 1985 Jan; 248(1 Pt 2):R125-9.
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Physiological role of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in modulating the secretion of prolactin and luteinizing hormone in the female rat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Dec; 81(24):8004-8.
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Changes in hypothalamic and pituitary content of immunoreactive alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone during the gestational and postpartum periods in the rat. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1984 Nov; 177(2):318-26.