Estrogens and the control of energy homeostasis: A brain perspective

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 411-421

  López, Miguel ^a,b   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Estrogens; Food intake; Hypothalamus; Metabolism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; BETA ENDORPHIN; DYNORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GONADORELIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROKININ B; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SEX HORMONE; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FIBROSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRANULOSA CELL; HEART FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INFERIOR OLIVE; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER FUNCTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLIC STRESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBID OBESITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; OBESITY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84938293130     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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