Brain Somatic Cross-Talk and the Central Control of Metabolism
| By: | Claude Kordon; I. Robinson; Jacques Hanoune |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9783540000907 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783642189999 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2003 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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In mammals, a robust physiologic system acts to maintain relative constancy of weight. A key element of this system is leptin. The nature of this "brain-somatic" cross talk is as yet poorly understood, but it is likely to have important implications for the pathophysiology and treatment of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.