Frontiers in eating and weight regulation
By: volume editors, Wolfgang Langhans, Nori Geary.
Contributors: Langhans, Wolfgang.; Geary, Nori.
Series: Forum of nutrition -- v. 63; Forum of nutrition -- v. 63.
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9783805593007
Subjects: Appetite; Body weight -- Regulation; Neuroendocrinology; Gastrointestinal hormones; Eating -- physiology; Obesity -- metabolism; Adiposity -- physiology; Body Weight -- physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: obesity and food intake : basic and clinical approaches / De Kloet A.D. ; Woods, S.C.; title: Overview of the physiological control of eating / Langhans, W. ; Geary, N.; title: Therapeutic potential of gut peptides / Wölnerhanssen, B. ; Beglinger, C.; title: Roles of amylin in satiation, adiposity, and brain development / Lutz, T.A.; title: The enterocyte as an energy flow sensor in the control of eating / Langhans, W.; title: Development of hypothalamic neural networks controlling appetite / Bouret; S.G.; title: Hypothalamic nutrient sensing and energy balance / Moran, T.H.; title: Blood-brain barrier as a regulatory interface / Banks, W.A.; title: Do leptin and insulin signal adiposity? / Hillebrand, J.J. ; Geary, N.; title: Leptin-signaling pathways and leptin resistance / Münzberg, H.; title: Hypothalamic-brainstem circuits controlling eating / Blevins, J.E. ; Baskin, D.G.; title: Brainstem integrative function in the central nervous system control of food intake / Schwartz, G.J.; title: Gaining new insights into food reward with functional neuroimaging / Neary, M.T. ; Batterham, R.L.; title: Cortical mechanisms of human eating / Kringelbach, M.L. ; Stein, A.; title: Genetic variation in dopaminergic reward in humans / Stice, E. ; Dagher, A.; title: Metabolic imprinting in obesity / Sullivan, E.L. ; Grove, K.L; title: Gene-environment interactions in obesity / Hetherington, M.M. ; Cecil, J.E.