Integration of sensory information via central thermoregulatory leptin targets

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-55

  Rezai Zadeh, Kavon ^a   Münzberg, Heike ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Energy expenditure; Leptin; Preoptic area; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOGENESIS;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; LEPTIN; PREOPTIC AREA; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LEPTIN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 84887210234     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.02.014     Document Type: Review

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