Mathematical models of energy homeostasis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 1119-1135

  Pattaranit, Ratchada ^a   Van Den Berg, Hugo Antonius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Energy homeostasis; Glucose tolerance; Insulin resistance; Mathematical modelling; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; GLUCOSE; HEALTH; HORMONES; INSULIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

DIABETES; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOPS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LARGE RANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE DEFINITION; SET POINTS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

FATTY ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; STARVATION;

EID: 49949102437     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0216     Document Type: Review

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