Peptides in energy balance and obesity / edited by Gema Frühbeck.

Other author Frühbeck, Gema.
Other author Nutrition Society (Great Britain)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub. in association with the Nutrition Society,
Descriptionxii, 398 p. ; 26 cm.
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SeriesFrontiers in nutritional science ; no. 4
Frontiers in nutritional science ; no. 4. ^A533652
Contents Orexigenic peptides / M. Morris and M. Hansen -- Anorexigenic peptides / S. Perboni ... [et al.] -- "Newcomers and supporting actors" / J. Harrold and G. Williams -- The gut as a second brain / C.S. Small, K. Wynne, and S.R. Bloom -- Elements of the adipostat / H. Hauner -- Natriuretic peptides and other lipolytic peptides involved in the control of lipid mobilization / M. Lafontan ... [et al.] -- The adipo-hepato-insular axis in glucose homeostasis / J. Gómez-Ambrosi, V. Catalán, and G. Frühbeck -- Adipokines in the immune-stress response / R. Madani, N.C. Ogston, and V. Mohamed-Ali -- Peptides involved in vascular homeostasis / A. Rodríguez and G. Frühbeck -- Hierarchy of neural pathways controlling energy homeostasis / A. Abizaid and T.L. Horvath -- Energy regulatory signals and food reward / D.P. Figlewicz, N.M. Sanders, and A.J. Sipols -- Embracing complexity : the emergence of functional neuroimaging and other methodologies to study the role of the human brain in the pathophysiology of obesity / P.A. Tataranni ... [et al.] -- Overview of the integrative physiology of adipose tissue in energy homeostasis / I. Dugail and M. Guerre-Millo -- Application of "OMICS" : strategies to obesity research / S. Taleb ... [et al.] -- Implications for the future of obesity management / G. Chaldakov ... [et al.].
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ISBN9781845934071 (alk. paper)
ISBN1845934075 (alk. paper)