The hardship of obesity: A soft-wired hypothalamus

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 561-565

  Horvath, Tamas L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; APPETITE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY;

EID: 17844391500     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1453     Document Type: Review

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