Leptin and the central control of feeding behavior

Biochimie

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2069-2074

  Pénicaud, Luc ^a   Meillon, Sophie ^a   Brondel, Laurent ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

Brain circuitry; Energy homeostasis; Food intake; Hedonic system; Homeostatic system

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3;

APPETITE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIMERIZATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; REWARD; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASTE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 84866123104     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.04.013     Document Type: Review

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