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Brain Somatic Cross-Talk and the Central Control of Metabolism

By Claude Kordon , Robert Dantzer , Yves Christen Ph. D. (eds.) , S. L. Dickson , L. Y. C. Tung , S. Lall (auth.) , Iain Robinson , Jacques Hanoune

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2003
ISBN
978-3-642-62400-1, 978-3-642-18999-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-18999-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5553619 bytes)
Series
Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
Edition
1
Pages
193\199
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Endocrinology

Description

In mammals, a robust physiologic system acts to maintain relative constancy of weight. A key element of this system is leptin. The nature of this "brain-somatic" cross talk is as yet poorly understood, but it is likely to have important implications for the pathophysiology and treatment of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.

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