Obesity is a mostly preventable diet-related disease and currently a major challenge for
human populations worldwide. Obesity is a major risk factor for diseases such as type 2 …

Abstracts Bone mainly functions as a supportive framework for the whole body and is the
major regulator of calcium homeostasis and hematopoietic function. Recently, an increasing …

Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions globally and represents a major cause of
comorbidities, mostly related to cardiovascular disease. The autonomic nervous system …

The gut–brain axis refers to the bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain.
Four information carriers (vagal and spinal afferent neurons, immune mediators such as …

INTRODUCTION Brain function is often compared to an orchestral ensemble, where
subgroups of neurons that have similar activity are analogous to different types of …

Obesity represents the most prevalent nutritional problem worldwide which in the long run
predisposes to development of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, endometrial carcinoma …

For survival, it is crucial for eating behaviours to be sequenced through two distinct seeking
and consummatory phases. Heterogeneous lateral hypothalamus (LH) neurons are known …

This textbook is the first to bring together and synthesize the neuropeptide research of the
past decade in such a comprehensive, scholarly manner. In recent years there has been …

Repeated, extreme, or traumatic stressors can elicit pathological effects leading to many
negative physical and psychological outcomes. Stressors can precipitate the onset of …

The neuropeptide Y (NPY) system–comprising of neuropeptide Y, peptide YY, pancreatic
polypeptide and the corresponding Y receptors through which they act (Y1, Y2, Y4, Y5 and …