Appetite Control

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Joost, Hans-Georg (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 209
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Pharmacology.; Endocrinology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Human Physiology.

The volume ‘Appetite Control’ provides a comprehensive description of the mechanisms controlling food intake, and thereby energy balance, in the mammalian organism.  During the last decade, research in this area has produced a remarkable wealth of information and has characterized the function of nu...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents
• Preface
• Part 1.The neuroendocrine, hypothalamic circuitry regulating hunger, satiety, and energy expenditure
• Part 2. Gastrointestinal hormones and factors
• Part 3. Nutrient sensing
• Part 4. Agents modifying food intake.