Oestrogen modulates hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis through multiple mechanisms

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-150

  Roepke, Troy A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy homeostasis; Hypothalamus; Oestrogen; Oestrogen receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ANOREXIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 58349086544     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01814.x     Document Type: Review

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