Neural Regulatory Pathways of Feeding and Fat in Caenorhabditis elegans

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 413-438

  Lemieux, George A ^a   Ashrafi, Kaveh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMP activated kinase; Fasting; Insulin; Kynurenic; Serotonin; TGF

Indexed keywords

FAT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; SEROTONIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; OCTOPAMINE; TYRAMINE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYRAMINE;

EID: 84948747390     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120213-092244     Document Type: Article

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