Central nervous system control of food intake and body weight

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7109, 2006, Pages 289-295

  Morton, G J ^a   Cummings, D E ^b   Baskin, D G ^b   Barsh, G S ^c   Schwartz, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUTRITION; OILS AND FATS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY INTAKE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; OBESITY;

NEUROLOGY;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

ADAPTATION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33748931457     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05026     Document Type: Review

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