Libros: Catálogo General > Obesidad

Lockwood, D.H.; Heffner, T.G.

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While the etiology and health implications of obesity have been covered in other books, this volume not only provides an update of this information, but also covers three important aspects that are essential to an understanding of current and future directions in the pharmacological treatment of obesity. The first of these is a review of the pharmacology of known antiobesity agents. Second, perspectives are provided from leading researchers on the most promising sources of new antiobesity drugs in the near term. Finally, recommendations are made on what needs to be done to develop future molecular targets for the next generation of antiobesity drugs.

Contenido

Section I: Pathology

1. Obesity: Definition and Epidemiology
2. Health Implications in Obesity
3. The Molecular and Epidemiological Genetics of Obesity
4. The Influence of Obesity on the Development of Non- Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
5. Fat Metabolism in Obesity, with Speical Emphasis on the Insulin Resistance and Elevated Lipid Mobilisation in Visceral Obesity
6. The Regulation of Body Weight: Set-Points and Obesity

Section II: Pharmacological and Other Treatments

7. Serotonin Drugs and the Treatment of Obesity
8. Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity: Outcomes and New Tools
9. Popular Diets and Other Treatments of Obesity
10.Diet and Body Weight Reduction
11.The Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity

Section III: Pharmacological Targets

12.Leptin: The Adipocyte Sginal in the Control of Body Weight
13.CNS Neuropeptides Involved in Obesity
14.Beta 3 Adrenergic Receptors as a Therapeutic Target for Obesity
15.Insulin Sensitization

Section IV: Strategies for Identifying Future Targets

16.New Obesity Targets: Molecular-Genetic and Transgenic Approaches
17.Identification of Genes Involved in Animal Models of Obesity
18.Primates in the Experimental Pharmacology of Obesity

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Editorial: Springer