Search for dissertations about: "Ob-Rb"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Ob-Rb.

  2. 1. Brain control of energy balance : localization and regulation of proteins involved in the central control of food intake and body weight

    Author : Maria Collin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : AGRP; arcuate nucleus; brainstem; CART; GABA; Glutamate; GPCR; habenular complex; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; hypothalamus; leptin; leptin receptor; LHA; MCH; NPY; Ob-Rb; POMC; serotonin; STAT3; transporter; ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus; VGLUT1-3.;

    Abstract : Obesity has become a worldwide threat to human well-being and is now so common that it is beginning to replace undernutrition and infectious disease as the most significant contributor to ill health. Obesity increases the risk for aquiring serious diseases such as diabetes type 2, hypertension, coronary heart disease and certain forms of cancer. READ MORE

  4. 2. Leptin targets in the brain regulating body weight : receptors and down-stream mediators of leptin in neurons of the hypothalamus and brainstem

    Author : Marie-Louise Håkansson Ovesjö; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : AGRP; antibody; arcuate nucleus; blood-brain-barrier; body weight; brainstem; CART; CRH; DMX; food intake; GABA; GAD; galanin; hypothalamus; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; lateral hypothalamic area; leptin; leptin receptor; MCH; NPY; obesity; Ob-R; Ob-Rb; oxytocin; paraventricular nucleus; POMC; somatostatin; serotonin; STAT3; supraoptic nucleus; transcription factor; vasopressin; VGAT;

    Abstract : Obesity is a disease which has become a global epidemic that is beginning to replace undernutrition and infectious diseases as the most significant contributor to ill health in the world. In particular, obesity is associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and coronary heart disease. READ MORE