Glucocorticoids, the etiology of obesity and the metabolic syndrome

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Dallman, Mary F ^a,b   Akana, Susan F ^a   Pecoraro, Norman C ^a   Warne, James P ^a   La Fleur, Susanne E ^a   Foster, Michelle T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); Fat; Sugar; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LARD; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEARNING; LIPID STORAGE; MEMORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOTIVATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INSULIN; METABOLIC DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34147106946     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720507780362236     Document Type: Review

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