منابع مشابه
Neuropharmacology of appetite regulation.
Patient consultations concerning weight problems are frequent but the over-all response to drug treatment is poor. There are many so-called anorexic drugs but the range of unwanted actions is even larger and often with distressing results. The costs to the National Health Service of doctors prescribing appetite-suppressant drugs exceeded E3.5 m in 1975 but there is little evidence of proportion...
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Serotonin (5-HT), a mono-aminergic neurotransmitter is biochemically derived from tryptophan and is mainly found in gastrointestinal tract, platelets and central nervous system of animals. Serotonin (5-HT) in coordination with hypothalamus plays an important role in the CNS control of appetite, eating behavior, and energy balance and body weight. It has a special role in control of carbohydrate...
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The prevalence of obesity has been rapidly increasing worldwide over the last several decades and has become a major health problem in developed countries. The brain, especially the hypothalamus, plays a key role in the control of food intake by sensing metabolic signals from peripheral organs and modulating feeding behaviors. To accomplish these important roles, the hypothalamus communicates w...
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serotonin (5-ht), a mono-aminergic neurotransmitter is biochemically derived from tryptophan and is mainly found in gastrointestinal tract, platelets and central nervous system of animals. serotonin (5-ht) in coordination with hypothalamus plays an important role in the cns control of appetite, eating behavior, and energy balance and body weight. it has a special role in control of carbohydrate...
متن کاملNeuropharmacology
functions during gestation and lactation," though more difficult to classify, probably falls in the behavioral category too. Data of the highest descriptive interest are presented and seem to call for special comment. The experiments described tend to show that rats voluntarily select advantageous diets on the basis of metabolic needs; such a principal would appear to be of rather greater impor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19780024