Title: Brain somatic cross-talk and the central control of metabolism /
Authors: Kordon, Claude.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Pituitary Hormones antagonists & inhibitors; Neurosecretory Systems physiology; Metabolism physiology; Leptin antagonists & inhibitors; Hypothalamic Hormones secretion.; Leptin Physiological effect.; Metabolism Regulations.; Neuroendocrinology.
Contents: Interactions of growth hormone secretagogues with leptin-sensitive brain networks / S.L. Dickson ... [et al.] -- Leptin and the neural circuit regulating body weight and metabolism / M.J. Friedman -- Role of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor in the central nervous system / R.G. Smith, L. Betancourt, and Y. Sun -- Regulation of galanin-like peptide (GALP) in the brain and posterior pituitary: a review / A. Jureus, D.K. Clifton and R.A. Steiner -- Ghrelin and the growth hormone neuroendocrine axis / G.S. Tannenbaum, J. Epelbaum, and C.Y. Bowers -- Adipose tissues as part of the immune system: role of leptin and cytokines / L. Penicaud ... [et al.] -- Regulation of body weight homeostasis during pregnancy and lactation / M.C. Garcia ... [et al.] -- Ghrelin: from GH control to feeding behaviour and sleep regulatio / M.-T. Bluet-Pajot -- Effect of leptin on fatless mice / I. Shimomura -- Leptin, growth and reproduction / M.L. Aubert ... [et al.] -- An emerging role of leptin in clinical psychiatry / T. Pollmacher -- Genomic approach to common human obesity / P. Boutini and P. Froguel -- The epigenetic inheritance hypothesis / C. Junien.