Unraveling the brain regulation of appetite: Lessons from genetics

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1343-1349

  Yeo, Giles S H ^a   Heisler, Lora K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; AMYLIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LECTIN; LEPTIN; LORCASERIN; MELANOCORTIN; OXYNTOMODULIN; PEPTIDE YY; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; APPETITE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG APPROVAL; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84866666334     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3211     Document Type: Review

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