TY - CHAP AU - Carmen Sanz AU - Isabel Roncero AU - Elvira Alvarez AU - Verónica Hurtado AU - Enrique Blázquez ED - Gianluca Aimaretti with Paolo Marzullo ED - Flavia Prodam Y1 - 2011-10-26 PY - 2011 T1 - Glucokinase as a Glucose Sensor in Hypothalamus - Regulation by Orexigenic and Anorexigenic Peptides N2 - The purpose of the present volume is to focus on more recent aspects of the complex regulation of hormonal action, in particular in 3 different hot fields: metabolism, growth and reproduction. Modern approaches to the physiology and pathology of endocrine glands are based on cellular and molecular investigation of genes, peptide, hormones, protein cascade at different levels. In all of the chapters in the book all, or at least some, of these aspects are described in order to increase the endocrine knowledge. BT - Update on Mechanisms of Hormone Action SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/20826 DO - 10.5772/20826 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -