Subtypes Y1 and Y2 of the Neuropeptide Y Receptor Are Respectively Expressed in Pro-Opiomelanocortin- and Neuropeptide-Y-Containing Neurons of the Rat Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus

The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus houses a number of neurochemically different cell populations. Among these, a dense cluster of small neuropeptide-Y (NPY)-expressing neurons is located in its ventromedial subdivision and a pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-expressing neuron population in its ventrolateral part. Furthermore, both neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y2 receptors (Y1-Rs and Y2-Rs) are expressed in the arcuate nucleus. Here we analyse the...