Brain–gut–adipose-tissue communication pathways at a glance

One of the ‘side effects’ of our modern lifestyle is a range of metabolic diseases: the incidence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and associated cardiovascular diseases has grown to pandemic proportions. This increase, which shows no sign of reversing course, has occurred despite education and new treat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chun-Xia Yi, Matthias H. Tschöp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2012-09-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/5/5/583