Appetite and Food Intake (eBook, ePUB)

Central Control, Second Edition
Redaktion: Harris, Ruth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Appetite and Food Intake: Central Control, Second Edition contains all new chapters and serves as a companion to the first by reviewing current knowledge on neuroendocrine mechanisms that influence food intake and glucose metabolism, including environmental influences on their development, with an emphasis on recent progress in understanding forebrain and hindbrain control of ingestive behavior.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351646482
• Artikelnr.: 48423897

Autorenporträt

Ruth Harris

Inhaltsangabe

Appetite control in C. elegans. Central and peripheral regulation of
appetite and food intake in Drosophila. The hamster as a model for human
ingestive behavior. Beyond homeostasis: Understanding the impact of
sychosocial factors on appetite using nonhuman primate models. Untangling
appetite circuits with optogenetics and chemogenetics. The use of
functional MRI in the study of appetite and obesity. Development of
hypothalamic circuits that control food intake and energy balance. Maternal
and epigenetic factors that influence food intake and energy balance in
offspring. Monitoring and maintenance of brain glucose supply: importance
of hindbrain catecholamine neurons in this multifaceted task. Hindbrain
astrocyte glucodetectors and counter-regulation. Vagal afferent signaling
and the integration of direct and indirect controls of food intake. Energy
metabolism and appetite control: Separate roles for fat-free mass and fat
mass in the control of food intake in humans. Pharmacotherapy for weight
loss..