The neuropathology of obesity: Insights from human disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-28

  Lee, Edward B ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEPTIN; LIPID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBESITY;

EID: 84892637764     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1190-x     Document Type: Review

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