Metabolic transceivers: In tune with the central melanocortin system

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 68-75

  Warne, James P ^a   Xu, Allison W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti related protein; Energy metabolism; Feeding circuits; Leptin; Melanocortin receptor; Obesity; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRESS; CENTRAL MELANOCORTIN SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN;

EID: 84873177550     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.10.005     Document Type: Review

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