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Neural control of energy balance: translating circuits to therapies.

Laurent Gautron, Joel K Elmquist, Kevin W Williams

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Review in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers.

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134citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

134 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Laurent GautronDivision of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9077, USA. Electronic address: laurent.gautron@utsouthwestern.edu.
Joel K ElmquistDivision of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9077, USA; Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9077, USA.
Kevin W WilliamsDivision of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9077, USA; Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9077, USA. Electronic address: kevin.williams@utsouthwestern.edu.

Funding

Central Mechanisms Regulating Energy Homeostasis, Project 2 of 10RL1DK081185 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ELMQUIST, JOEL K. · 2007 to 2011
$3.8M
INTERACTIONS OF LEPTIN AND CENTRAL SEROTONIN SYSTEMSR01DK088423 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ELMQUIST, JOEL K. · 2010 to 2019
$3.8M
Leptin Action and Central Melanocortin SystemsR37DK053301 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ELMQUIST, JOEL K. · 2007 to 2016
$3.7M
NEUROANATOMIC MECHANIMS OF LEPTIN ACTIONR01DK053301 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ELMQUIST, JOEL K · 1998 to 2006
$3.0M
Central Mechanisms Regulating Acute Leptin and Insulin SignalingR01DK100699 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WILLIAMS, KEVIN W · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent insights into the neural circuits controlling energy balance and glucose homeostasis have rekindled the hope for development of novel treatments for obesity and diabetes. However, many therapies contribute relatively modest beneficial gains with accompanying side effects, and the mechanisms of action for other interventions remain undefined. This Review summarizes current knowledge linking the neural circuits regulating energy and glucose balance with current and potential pharmacotherapeutic and surgical interventions for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismNeural PathwaysAnimalsAppetite DepressantsBrainDiabetes ComplicationsHumansObesityAppetite Depressants

Identifiers

PMID25815991
PMCPMC4392840

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