Food intake and energy expenditure are sensed and processed by multiple brain centres to
uphold energy homeostasis. Evidence from the past decade points to the brain vasculature …

Growth hormone (GH) is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and plays a key role in
controlling tissue and body growth. While basal GH secretion is considerably reduced along …

Estrogen deficiency causes metabolic disorders in humans and rodents, including in part
due to changes in energy expenditure. We have shown previously that skeletal muscle …

Background Obesity is a disease that may involve disrupted connectivity of brain networks.
Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity, and the positive effects on obesity …

Lactation invokes homeorhetic processes to ramp up and supply milk synthesis components
to fulfil nutritional, immunological and microbiological requirements of developing offspring …

Recent studies indicated an important role of connexins, gap junction proteins, in the
regulation of metabolism. However, most of these studies focused on the glial expression of …

More is known about aggression initiation and persistence in other animals, and anger in
people, than about their cessation. This review summarizes knowledge of relevant factors in …

Objective To adapt to metabolically challenging environments, the central nervous system
(CNS) orchestrates metabolism of peripheral organs including skeletal muscle. The organ …

A obesidade é uma doença multifatorial que pode afetar negativamente o sistema nervoso
central (SNC). A cirurgia bariátrica é um efetivo método para o tratamento da obesidade, e …