Peptides in energy balance and obesity /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Nutrition Society (Great Britain)
Other Authors:	Frühbeck, Gema (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
Series:	Frontiers in nutritional science ; no. 4.
Subjects:	Peptides > metabolism. Appetite Regulation. Energy Metabolism > physiology. Homeostasis. Obesity > physiopathology. Energy metabolism. Obesity > Pathophysiology. Peptide hormones. Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition. Physiology of Human Nutrition. Adipose tissue. Anorexiants. Appetite. Body weight. Cardiovascular system. Digestive system. Energy balance. Energy expenditure. Energy. Food intake. Hypothalamus. Immune system. Liver. Man. Musculoskeletal system. Neuropeptides. Obesity. Pancreas. Peptides. Physiopathology. Regulation. Therapy. Vascular system. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Orexigenic peptides / M.J. Morris and M.J. Hansen
Anorexigenic peptides / S. Perboni, N. Ueno, G. Mantovani and A. Inui
Newcomers and supporting actors / J.A. Harrold and G. Williams
The gut as a second brain / C.J. Small, K. Wynne, and S.R. Bloom
Elements of the adipostat / H. Hauner
Natriuretic peptides and other lipolytic peptides involved in the control of lipid mobilization in humans / M. Lafontan, C. Sengenes, C. Moro, J. Galitzky and M. Berlan
The adipo-hepato-insular axis in glucose homeostasis / J. Gómez-Ambrosi, V. Catalán, and G. Frühbeck
Adipokines in the immune-stress response / R. Madani, N.C. Ogston, and V. Mohamed-Ali
Peptides involved in vascular homeostasis / A. Rodríguez and G. Frühbeck
Hierarchy of neural pathways controlling energy homeostasis / A. Abizaid and T.L. Horvath
Energy regulatory signals and food reward / D. Figlewicz Lattemann, N.M. Sanders, and A.J. Sipols
Embracing complexity : the emergence of functional neuroimaging and other methodologies to study the role of the human brain in the pathophysiology of obesity / P.A. Tataranni, N. Pannacciulli, D.S.NT Le and A. Del Parigi
Overview of the integrative physiology of adipose tissue in energy homeostasis / I. Dugail and M. Guerre-Millo
Application of 'OMIC' strategies to obesity research / C. Henegar, S. Taleb, D. Langin, J.-D. Zucker and K. Clément
Implications for the future of obesity management / G.N. Chaldakov, A.B. Tonchev, M. Fiore, M.G. Hristova, R. Pancheva, G. Rancic and L. Aloe.