APPETITE REGULATION - SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON OBESITY

Authors
BILLINGTON CJ LEVINE AS
Citation
Cj. Billington et As. Levine, APPETITE REGULATION - SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON OBESITY, Current biology, 6(8), 1996, pp. 920-923
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
6
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
920 - 923
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1996)6:8<920:AR-SNL>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Several genes involved in the regulation of appetite and energy metabo lism have been cloned and characterized recently. Each seems to form p art of the complex regulatory network, centred in the hypothalamus, th at is responsible for striking a balance between food intake and energ y expenditure.