Molecular mechanisms involved in human obesity : insights from genetics
The leptin-melanocortin system has been shown to be an important mechanism to relay peripheral signals of body energy store to the hypothalamic neural network to regulate energy homeostasis in rodents and humans. The aim of this thesis is to explore other potential components/mechanisms which might...
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University of Cambridge
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604790 |