Regulation of synaptic functions in central nervous system by endocrine hormones and the maintenance of energy homoeostasis

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-432

  Pang, Zhiping P ^a   Han, Weiping ^b,c,d  

^a CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diabetes; Energy homoeostasis; Ghrelin; Hormone; Insulin; Leptin; Neural circuitry; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AMPA RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR LONG ISOFORM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING NEUROCIRCUITRY; FOOD INTAKE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REVIEW; REWARD NEUROCIRCUITRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GHRELIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84867365101     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20120026     Document Type: Review

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