The corpulent phenotype-how the brain maximizes survival in stressful environments

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 APR, 2013, Pages

  Peters, Achim ^a   Kuber, Britta ^a   Hubold, Christian ^a   Langemann, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality; Obesity; Phenotypic plasticity; Selfish brain theory; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84878844105     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00047     Document Type: Article

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