Altered appetite in Crohn’s Disease: deconstructing the enteroendocrine axis using fMRI

Reduced appetite has been observed in patients with ileal Crohn’s disease, which has been attributed to the upregulation of enteroendocrine cells and the consequent increase of satiety hormones secretion, therefore possibly negatively affecting appetite signalling to the central nervous system. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thapaliya, Gita
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59632/