Brain regulation of energy balance and body weight

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-407

  Rui, Liangyou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity hormones; Brainstem; Brown fat adaptive thermogenesis; Energy expenditure; Food intake; Hypothalamus; Insulin resistance; Leptin resistance; Mesolimbic dopamine reward system; Obesity; Satiety hormones

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 19; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 2; OXYNTOMODULIN; PEPTIDE YY; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1B; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE EPSILON; PROTIRELIN; SEROTONIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GLIA CELL; GLUCOSE SENSOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOXIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SATIETY; SENSORY NERVE; STOMACH DISTENSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

APPETITE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; SATIETY RESPONSE;

EID: 84888205217     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-013-9261-9     Document Type: Article

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