Role of orexin in the central regulation of glucose and energy homeostasis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 365-374

  Tsuneki, Hiroshi ^a   Wada, Tsutomu ^a   Sasaoka, Toshiyasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucose metabolism; Hypothalamus; Insulin; Leptin; Orexin hypocretin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RODENT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861914162     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0030     Document Type: Review

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