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Author:   Giovanni Cizza ,  Kristina I. Rother
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9781573318600

ISBN 10:   1573318604
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   12 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The Brain and Obesity Lectures Series - the beginning of a new field? Giovanni Cizza Kristina I. Rother vii Conjectures on some curious connections among social status, calorie restriction, hunger, fatness, and longevity Kathryn A. Kaiser Daniel L: Smith David B. Allison 1 Role of the blood-brain barrier in the evolution of feeding and cognition William A. Banks 13 The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sex hormones in chronic stress and obesity: pathophysiological and clinical aspects Renato Pasquali 20 Food reward in the obese and after weight loss induced by calorie restriction and bariatric surgery Hans-Rudolf Berthoud Huiyuan Zheng Andrew C. Shin 36 Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a regulator of systemic and brain energy metabolism and cardiovascular health Sarah M. Rothman Kathleen J. Griffioen Ruiqian Wan Mark P. Mattson 49 Leptin action on nonneuronal cells in the CNS: potential clinical applications Weihong Pan Hung Hsuchou Bhavaani Jayaram Reas S. Khan Eagle Yi-Kung Huang Xiaojun Wu Chu Chen Abba J. Kastin 64 Brain orexin promotes obesity resistance Catherine Kotz Joshua Nixon Tammy Butterick Claudio Perez-Leighton Jennifer Teske Charles Billington 72 Visceral adipose tissue: emerging role of gluco- and mineralocorticoid hormones in the setting of cardiometabolic alterations Marco Boscaro Gilberta Giacchetti Vanessa Ronconi 87 The circadian clock transcriptional complex: metabolic feedback intersects with epigenetic control Selma Masri Loredana Zocchi Sayako Katada Eugenio Mora Paolo Sassone-Corsi 103 Interacting epidemics? Sleep curtailment, insulin resistance, and obesity ElianeA. Lucassen Kristina I. Rother Giovanni Cizza 110 Childhood obesity and sleep: relatives, partners, or both?-a critical perspective on the evidence David Gozal Leila Kheirandish-Gozal 135

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Giovanni Cizza and Kristina I. Rother are the authors of The Brain and Obesity, Volume 1264, published by Wiley.

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