Stress induced obesity: Lessons from rodent models of stress

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 JUL, 2013, Pages

  Patterson, Zachary R ^a   Abizaid, Alfonso ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Feeding behavior; Hormones; Hypothalamus; Obesity; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GHRELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL GENETICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; COLD STRESS; DEPRESSION; EATING; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LOCOMOTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICALLY INDUCED STRESS; RESIDENT INTRUDER PARADIGM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL BURROW SYSTEM;

EID: 84893785212     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00130     Document Type: Review

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