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10th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

Central regulation of appetite and body weight – the role of peripheral signals

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Central regulation of appetite and body weight: the role of peripheral signals

Bruning Jens

The ever-growing obesity epidemic puts an enormous burden on our societies. The need for the development of novel therapeutic interventions necessitates the exact understanding of the underlying regulatory principles in energy homeostasis. Over the last 10 years, the hormonal and nutritional factors communicating the energy state of the body to the central nervous system to adapt caloric intake and energy expenditure have rapidly extended our understanding on the mechanisms co...