Wired on sugar: The role of the CNS in the regulation of glucose homeostasis

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-37

  Grayson, Bernadette E ^a   Seeley, Randy J ^a   Sandoval, Darleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871442771     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3409     Document Type: Review

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