Appetite and body weight
Subtitle: integrative systems and the development of anti-obesity drugs
By: edited by Tim C. Kirkham and Steven J. Cooper.
Contributors: Kirkham, Tim C.; Cooper, S. J.
Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780123706331
Subjects: Appetite; Body Weight; Anti-Obesity Agents; Obesity -- physiopathology; Obesity -- Psychological aspects; Appetite; Body weight
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: Cortical systems involved in appetite and food consumption; title: Nucleus accumbens shell as a model of integrative subcortical forebrain systems regulating food intake; title: Hypothalamic neuropeptides and feeding regulation; title: Brainstem-hypothalamic neuropeptides and the regulation of feeding; title: Gut-brain axis in the control of eating; title: Integration of peripheral adiposity signals and psychological controls of appetite; title: Brain reward systems for food incentives and hedonics in normal appetite and eating disorders; title: Pharmacology of food, taste and learned flavor preferences; title: Role of palatability in control of human appetite: implications for understanding and treating obesity; title: Learned influences on appetite, food choice, and intake: evidence in human beings; title: Gene environment interactions and the origin of the modern obesity epidemic: a novel nonadaptive drift scenario; title: Preclinical developments in antiobesity drugs; title: Clinical investigations of antiobesity drugs.