Effects of corticosterone within the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus on food intake and body weight in male rats

• Autores principales: Chioma Izzi-Engbeaya (Autor), Yue Ma (Autor), Niki W. Buckley (Autor), Risheka Ratnasabapathy (Autor), Errol Richardson (Autor), John R. Counsell (Autor), Isabel Fernandes-Freitas (Autor), Mariana Norton (Autor), Gala Farooq (Autor), Zainab Mirza (Autor), Mingzhu Cai (Autor), Sharon Cheetham (Autor), Jonathan Seckl (Autor), Kevin Murphy (Autor), Waljit S. Dhillo (Autor), James Gardiner (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Objective: Obesity is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Few weight-reducing medications are available, and these have limited efficacy. Cushing's Syndrome (caused by elevated glucocorticoid levels) and obesity have similar metabolic features. Though circulating glucocorticoid levels are...