Abstract：
:A number of different neuropeptides exert powerful concerted controls on feeding behavior and energy balance, most of them being produced in hypothalamic neuronal networks under stimulation by anabolic and catabolic peripheral hormones such as ghrelin and leptin, respectively. These peptide-expressing neurons interconnect extensively to integrate the multiple opposing signals that mediate changes in energy expenditure. In the present review I have summarized our current knowledge about two key peptidic systems involved in regulating appetite and energy homeostasis, the melanocortin system (alpha-MSH, agouti and Agouti-related peptides, MC receptors and mahogany protein) and the melanin-concentrating hormone system (proMCH-derived peptides and MCH receptors) that contribute to satiety and feeding-initiation, respectively, with concurrent effects on energy expenditure. I have focused particularly on recent data concerning transgenic mice and the ongoing development of MC/MCH receptor antagonists/agonists that may represent promising drugs to treat human eating disorders on both sides of the energy balance (anorexia, obesity).
journal_name
C R Bioljournal_title
Comptes rendus biologiesauthors
Nahon JLdoi
10.1016/j.crvi.2006.03.021subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-08-01 00:00:00pages
623-38; discussion 653-5issue
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1631-0691issn
1768-3238pii
S1631-0691(06)00086-2journal_volume
329pub_type
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2006.03.004
更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.003
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 新闻
doi：10.5802/crbiol.6
更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2006.05.001
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2008.03.008
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2013.11.004
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2006.11.005
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00006-4
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2003.09.037
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2005.07.003
更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2009.01.005
更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2003.12.002
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2004.09.006
更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01452-x
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2010.03.003
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2003.11.005
更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2014.02.008
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2015.05.007
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2008.05.005
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2012.10.004
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2004.07.012
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2014.09.002
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2012.01.004
更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2014.10.004
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2006.03.013
更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2012.03.013
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00125-2
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2005.07.008
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Why was sexual selection so important to Darwin? And why was it de-emphasized by almost all of Darwin's followers until the second half of the 20th century? These two questions shed light on the complexity of the scientific tradition named "Darwinism". Darwin's interest in sexual selection was almost as old as his dis...
journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2009.12.001
更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Comptes rendus biologies
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.crvi.2006.09.001
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
