To be, or not to be obese - That's the challenge: A hypothesis on the cortical inhibition of the hypothalamus and its therapeutical consequences

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-217

  Kreier, Felix ^a  

^a Ksmedici Ltd   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; EMOTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; REWARD; SODIUM BALANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RODENTIA;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77954270708     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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