Neurobiology of feeding and energy expenditure

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue , 2007, Pages 367-398

  Gao, Qian ^a   Horvath, Tamas L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; GABA; Ghrelin; Glutamate; Leptin; NPY; POMC

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTINS; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34547701951     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.30.051606.094324     Document Type: Review

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