Regulation of body fat in Caenorhabditis elegans

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-178

  Srinivasan, Supriya ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Lipid regulatory network; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; FAT DROPLET; INSULIN; SEROTONIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY YIELD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIPID METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84922170516     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: 15451585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-021014-071704     Document Type: Article

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