Peptides in energy balance and obesity [

Obesity is one of the relevant public health concerns and it is evident that body weight control is achieved through highly integrated physiological interactions like nutrient selection. Presenting an account of the roles of specific peptides in energy alance, this title provides an understanding of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fruhbeck, Gema (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire : CABI , c2009
Series:Frontiers in nutritional science no. 4
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2009/20093157534.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Orexigenic peptides
  • 2. Anorexigenic peptides
  • 3. Newcomers and supporting actors
  • 4. The gut as a second brain
  • 5. Elements of the adipostat
  • 6. Natriuretic peptides and other lipolytic peptides involved in the control of lipid mobilizatio
  • 7. The adipo-hepato-insular axis in glucose homeostasis
  • 8. Adipokines in the immune-stress response
  • 9. Peptides involved in vascular homeostasis
  • 10. Hierarchy of neural pathways controlling energy homeostasis
  • 11. Energy regulatory signals and food reward
  • 12. Embracing complexity: the emergence of functional neuroimaging and other methodologies to study the role of the human brain in the pathophysiology of obesity
  • 13. Overview of the integrative physiology of adipose tissue in energy homeostasis
  • 14. Application of "OMICS" : strategies to obesity research
  • 15. Implications for the future of obesity management