Why some of us get fat and what we can do about it

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 583, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 425-430

  Levin, Barry E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; FATTY ACID; GHRELIN; INSULIN; KETONE; LACTIC ACID; LEPTIN; LIPID; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OREXIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC RATE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; EPIDEMIC; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLIC REGULATION; PALATABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34548309448     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.135434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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