Excessive portal venous supply of long-chain free fatty acids to the liver, leading to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-axis and sympathetic activation as a key to the development of Syndrome X. A proposed concept for the induction of Syndrome X

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 892, Issue , 1999, Pages 308-311

  Benthem, L ^a   Kuipers, F ^b   Steffens, A B ^b   Scheurink, A J W ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; SYNDROME X;

EID: 0032763840     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07804.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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