Brain Somatic Cross-Talk and the Central Control of Metabolism

by Claude Kordon (Editor), Iain Robinson (Editor), Jacques Hanoune (Editor)

In mammals, a robust physiologic system acts to maintain relative constancy of weight. A key element of this system is leptin. The nature of this "brain-somatic" cross talk is as yet poorly understood, but it is likely to have important implications for the pathophysiology and treatment of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 13, 2002