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ReviewThe Yale journal of biology and medicine2014

A temperature hypothesis of hypothalamus-driven obesity.

Tamas L Horvath, Nina S Stachenfeld, Sabrina Diano

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Review in The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Changes in ambient temperature elicit divergent control of metabolic and cardiovascular actions by leptin.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Tamas L HorvathYale Program in Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Department of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Departments of Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Nina S StachenfeldDepartments of Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; The John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven Connecticut.
Sabrina DianoYale Program in Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Department of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Departments of Ob/Gyn and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a metabolic state in which excess fat is accumulated in peripheral tissues, including the white adipose tissue, muscle, and liver. Sustained obesity has profound consequences on one's life, which can span from superficial psychological symptoms to serious co-morbidities that may dramatically diminish both the quality and length of life. Obesity and related metabolic disorders account for the largest financial burden on the health care system. Together, these issues make it imperative that obesity be cured or prevented. Despite the increasing wealth of knowledge on the etiology of obesity (see below), there is no successful medical strategy that is available for the vast majority of patients. We suggest that brain temperature control may be a crucial component in obesity development and that shortcutting the brain metabolic centers by hypothalamic temperature alterations in a non-invasive remote manner will provide a revolutionary approach to the treatment of obesity.

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Models, BiologicalAnimalsBody TemperatureFeeding BehaviorHumansHypothalamusObesitycircuit activityhypothalamusobesitytemperature regulation

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PMID24910560
PMCPMC4031788

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