Obesidade e o hipotálamo / Obesity and the hypothalamus
Rev. HCPA & Fac. Med. Univ. Fed. Rio Gd. do Sul
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33(3/4): 248-256, 2013.
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in Portuguese
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RESUMO
A obesidade é hoje um grande problema de saúde pública. Este artigo revisa o papel do hipotálamo na obesidade, em especial a dos neurônios NPY/AGRP, POMC/ CART, da área lateral e dos núcleos paraventricular e ventromedial do hipotálamo, e as conexões com a via corticolímbica (AU)
ABSTRACT
Obesity is currently a major public health problem. This article reviews the role of the hypothalamus in obesity, with special reference to the NPY/AGRP and POMC/ CART neurons, located in the lateral hypothalamic area and in the paraventricular and ventromedial nuclei. We also review these neurons' connections to the corticallimbic pathway (AU)
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Main subject:
Hypothalamus
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Obesity
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. HCPA & Fac. Med. Univ. Fed. Rio Gd. do Sul
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Pediatria/BR
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