Cloning and expression of melanin-concentrating hormone genes in the rainbow trout brain.

Human hypocretin and melanin-concentrating hormone levels are linked to emotion and social interaction.

Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic neuropeptide of nineteen amino acids in mammals.

Effects of leptin on melanin-concentrating hormone expression in the brain of lean and obese lepob/lepob mice.

Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor (MCHR)

Key words: melanin-concentrating hormone, melanin-concentrating hormone receptor, SLC-1, food intake, obesity.

Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1, also known as MCH, is one of the human melanin-concentrating hormone receptors.

The study involved counting the number of hypothalamic neurons producing orexin, melanin-concentrating hormone and histamine in seven narcolepsy patients and 12 patients that served as a control group.

Two Melanin-concentrating hormone receptors (MCHR) have recently been characterized: MCH-R1 and MCH-R2.

Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic 19-amino acid orexigenic hypothalamic peptide originally isolated from the pituitary gland of teleost fish where it controls skin pigmentation.

The role of ASIP's binding to MC1R in regulating this adaptation is unclear; however, in teleost fish at least, functional antagonism is provided by melanin-concentrating hormone.

Francis K, Suzuki M, Baker BI. (1998) The Effect of salinity on melanin-concentrating hormone mRNA to salt water challenge in the rainbow trout.

There also were chemical changes in the way the mice's bodies regulated the release of another stress hormone, called corticotropin-releasing factor, as well as melanin-concentrating hormone and orexin, hormones thought to control eating behavior.

Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 (MCH) also known as G-protein coupled receptor 145 (GPR145) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCHR2 gene.

The primary hormones involved in regulating translocation appear to be the melanocortins, melatonin, and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), that are produced mainly in the pituitary, pineal gland, and hypothalamus, respectively.

An increase in the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration is also consistent with hereditary spherocytosis.

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations were calculated.

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH): the average amount of hemoglobin per red blood cell, in picograms.

The mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, a measure of the concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of packed red blood cells.

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

Twenty six tests were carried out on mutant mice and one significant abnormality was observed: homozygous mutant animals had a decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.

Normal mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC, 32-36 g/dL)

The normochromic cells have a normal concentration of hemoglobin, and are therefore 'red enough' while the hypochromic cells do not; thus the value of the Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.

In the repeat dosing, the most common clinical effects were lower heart rates; and decreases in total leukocytes, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and mean corpuscular values.

• Cytometric types: depend on cell size and hemoglobin-content parameters, such as mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is the average concentration of hemoglobin per unit volume of red blood cells and is calculated by dividing the hemoglobin by the hematocrit.

This is reflected by a lower-than-normal mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), a measure representing the amount of hemoglobin per unit volume of fluid inside the cell; normally about 320-360 g/L or 32-36 g/dL.

Alaska Range bears exhibited higher values for all characteristics except mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin, indicating that these bears were more stressed by their capture than bears in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

A diagnosis of PA first requires demonstration of megaloblastic anemia by conducting a full blood count and blood smear, which evaluates the mean corpuscular volume (MCV), as well the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC).

A low MCV, a low mean corpuscular hemoglobin or mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and the appearance of the RBCs on visual examination of a peripheral blood smear narrows the problem to a microcytic anemia (literally, a "small red blood cell" anemia).