Progress in the molecular understanding of central regulation of body weight by estrogens

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 919-926

  Saito, Kenji ^a   Cao, Xuehong ^a   He, Yanlin ^a   Xu, Yong ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THERMOGENESIS; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84928590877     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21099     Document Type: Review

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