TY - BOOK AU - Kirkham,Tim C. AU - Cooper,S.J. TI - Appetite and body weight: integrative systems and the development of anti-obesity drugs SN - 0123706335 (alk. paper) U1 - 616.39806 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, Boston PB - Elsevier Academic Press KW - Obesity KW - Appetite KW - Body weight KW - Body Weight KW - Anti-Obesity Agents N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction and overview -- Cortical systems involved in appetite and food consumption -- Nucleus accumbens shell as a model of integrative subcortical forebrain systems regulating food intake -- Hypothalamic neuropeptides and feeding regulation -- Brainstem-hypothalamic neuropeptides and the regulation of feeding -- Gut-brain axis in the control of eating -- Integration of peripheral adiposity signals and psychological controls of appetite -- Brain reward systems for food incentives and hedonics in normal appetite and eating disorders -- Pharmacology of food, taste and learned flavor preferences -- Role of palatability in control of human appetite: implications for understanding and treating obesity -- Learned influences on appetite, food choice, and intake: evidence in human beings -- Gene environment interactions and the origin of the modern obesity epidemic: a novel nonadaptive drift scenario -- Preclinical developments in antiobesity drugs -- Clinical investigations of antiobesity drugs UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0710/2007273988.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007273988-d.html ER -