Energy metabolism and obesity : research and clinical applications /
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| Imprint: | Totowa, N.J. : Humana, c2008. |
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| Description: | xi, 302 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary endocrinology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6669466 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contributors
- Color Plates
- 1. Molecular Physiology of Monogenic and Syndromic Obesities in Humans
- 2. Leptin Signaling In the Brain
- 3. Inactivating Melanocortin 4 Receptor Mutations and Human Obesity
- 4. The Role of Central Melanocortins in Cachexia
- 5. The Efferent Arm of the Energy Balance Regulatory Pathway: Neuroendocrinology and Pathology
- 6. Adiponectin: A Multifunctional Adipokine
- 7. The Role of the Gastrointestinal Hormones Ghrelin, Peptide YY, and Glucagon-like Peptide-1 in the Regulation of Energy Balance
- 8. The Role of Growth Hormone Secretagogues and Ghrelin in Feeding and Body Composition
- 9. Interaction Between Physical Activity and Genetic Factors in Complex Metabolic Disease
- 10. 11[beta]-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and Obesity
- 11. Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Model of Disordered Energy Homeostasis
- 12. Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Weight Gain and Risk for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
- 13. Treatment of Insulin Resistance in Youth: The Role of Metformin
- 14. The Surgical Approach to Morbid Obesity
- Index
