AMPK and the neuroendocrine regulation of appetite and energy expenditure

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-223

  Stark, Romana ^a   Ashley, Sarah E ^a   Andrews, Zane B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADIPONECTIN; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; GHRELIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LEPTIN; THYROID HORMONE;

APPETITE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADIPONECTIN; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; THYROID HORMONES; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84872663273     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.06.012     Document Type: Review

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