Neurotrophins and the regulation of energy balance and body weight

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-307

  Rios, M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; CNTF; Dopamine; Energy balance; Energy expenditure; Food intake; GDNF; Hindbrain; Hypothalamus; Mesolimbic; Neurotrophins; NT 4; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GHRELIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MELANOCORTIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DORSAL VAGAL COMPLEX; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRKB GENE; WEIGHT GAIN; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 84906544487     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_11     Document Type: Article

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