To eat or not to eat - how the gut talks to the brain

N Engl J Med. 2003 Sep 4;349(10):926-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp038114.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Appetite / drug effects
  • Appetite / physiology
  • Eating / drug effects*
  • Eating / physiology
  • Ghrelin
  • Humans
  • Insulin / blood
  • Leptin / blood
  • Leptin / physiology
  • Obesity / drug therapy
  • Obesity / genetics
  • Obesity / physiopathology*
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Peptide Hormones / physiology*
  • Peptide YY / physiology*
  • Peptide YY / therapeutic use
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / genetics
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / physiology
  • Receptors, Corticotropin / genetics*
  • Receptors, Corticotropin / physiology

Substances

  • Ghrelin
  • Insulin
  • Leptin
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Peptide Hormones
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4
  • Receptors, Corticotropin
  • Peptide YY
  • peptide YY (3-36)