The selfish brain: Stress and eating behavior

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Peters, Achim ^a   Kubera, Britta ^a   Hubold, Christian ^a   Langemann, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain pull; Cerebral insulin suppression; Eating behavior; Selfish brain theory; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND; APPETITE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHRONIC STRESS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; EMOTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRESS; SYNAPSE; WEIGHT GAIN; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 80051707567     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00074     Document Type: Review

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