Endocrine Abstracts

The tight coordinated regulation of food intake and energy expenditure represents the prerequisite for stable body weight control. Dysregulation of energy homeostasis, i.e. obesity represents a major and steadily growing health burden to western societies. The CN coordinates both the control of energy homeostasis, i.e. the balance of food intake and energy expenditure as well as peripheral fuel metabolism. Anatomical lesion experiments, pharmacological inhibition of signaling ...