ea0029p1171 | Obesity | ICEECE2012
Martinez de Morentin P.
, Whittle A.
, Martinez-Sanchez N.
, Martins L.
, Ferno J.
, Nogueiras R.
, Dieguez C.
, Vidal-Puig A.
, Lopez M.
Introduction: Smokers around the globe commonly report increased body weight after smoking cessation as a major factor that interferes with their attempts to quit. In addition, numerous controlled studies in both humans and rodents have reported that nicotine exerts a marked anorectic action. Nicotines effects on energy homeostasis have been mostly pinpointed in the central nervous system, but the molecular mechanisms controlling its action are still not fully understood...