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- Title
Brain Regulation of Energy Metabolism.
- Authors
Eun Roh; Min-Seon Kim
- Abstract
In healthy individuals, energy intake is in balance with energy expenditure, which helps to maintain a normal body weight. The brain's inability to control energy homeostasis underlies the pathology of hyperphagia and obesity. The brain detects body energy excess and deficit by sensing the levels of circulating metabolic hormones and nutrients and by receiving metabolic information from the periphery via the autonomic nervous system. A specialized neuronal network coordinates energy intake behavior and the metabolic processes affecting energy expenditure. Here, we briefly review neuronal mechanisms by which our body maintains energy balance.
- Subjects
ENERGY metabolism regulation; CALORIC expenditure; AUTONOMIC nervous system
- Publication
Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
2093-596X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3803/EnM.2016.31.4.519