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Record Nr.

UNINA9910134876303321

Titolo

Neuroendocrinology of appetite / / edited by Suzanne L Dickson, Julian G Mercer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-83930-7

1-118-83931-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Wiley-INF Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology Series

Disciplina

616.85/2606

Soggetti

Appetite Regulation - physiology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Neuroanatomy of feeding pathways -- Afferent endocrine control of eating -- Ontogeny of neuroendocrine feeding circuits -- Hypothalamic peptides and meal patterns -- Food hedonics : perspectives from animal models -- Functional and anatomical dissection of feeding circuits -- Exploring appetite and hypothalamic circuitry through manipulating gene expression -- Electrophysiology of the appetite-regulating circuits of the hypothalamus -- Functional neuroimaging of appetite and gut-brain interactions -- Eating disorders -- Future prospects of the management of appetite disorders : bariatric surgery -- Emerging pharmacological approaches to the management of obesity through appetite suppression.