BDNF and the central control of feeding: Accidental bystander or essential player?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-90

  Rios, Maribel ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexigenic; BDNF; Feeding; Hedonic; Homeostatic; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; APPETITE STIMULANT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RELEASING FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; UROCORTIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SILENCING; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIPID DIET; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STABLE EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS;

EID: 84873106561     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.12.009     Document Type: Review

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