Obesity: Towards a Molecular Approach (UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series)

Partial table of contents: MODELS OF OBESITY. Molecular Approach to Genetic and Hypothalamic Obesity (G. Bray). Variation in Human Body Fat: The Contribution of the Genotype (C. Bouchard). Dietary Obesity: A Metabolic Hypothesis (J. Fisler & G. Bray). NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OBESITY. Brain Microdialysis as a Molecular Approach to Obesity: Serotonin, Dopamine, Cyclic-AMP (B. Hoebel, et al.). Afferent Information in the Control of Eating (G. Smith, et al.). Obesity and the Sympathetic Nervous System (L. Landsberg & J. Young). ENERGY REGULATION IN OBESITY. Energy Regulation and Thermogenesis in Humans (E. Jequier). The Uncoupling Protein of Brown Adipose Tissue: Physiological and Molecular Aspects (D. Ricquier, et al.). The Role of S14 and Lipogenesis in the Thermogenic Effects of Thyroid Hormone (H. Freake & J. Oppenheimer). ADIPOCYTE PHYSIOLOGY. Regional Obesity and Steroid Hormone Interactions in Human Adipose Tissue (P. Bjorntorp, et al.). Metabolism of Fatty Acids: An Overview (P. Arner). Insulin Resistance in Obesity (J. Caro, et al.). MOLECULAR REGULATION OF ADIPOSE CELLS. Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Adipose Tissue Growth (G. Ailhaud, et al.). Lipases and Obesity: Post-Translational Regulation of Lipoprotein Lipase (M. Doolittle, et al.). The Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Gene: Analysis of a Complex Structural Domain and a Null Mutant (L. Kozak, et al.). Adipsin and the Alternative Pathway of Complement in the Regulation of Energy Balance (B. Rosen, et al.). Index.Bray, George A. is the author of 'Obesity: Towards a Molecular Approach (UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series)', published 1990 under ISBN 9780471567554 and ISBN 0471567558.