Sensory and Metabolic Control of Energy Balance

1. The Genetic Basis of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Lessons from the New Zealand Obese Mouse, a Polygenic Model of the Metabolic Syndrome
Hans-Georg Joost

2. Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism and Inflammation
Sander Kersten

3. Lipid Storage in Large and Small Rat Adipocytes by Vesicle-Associated Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins
Günter Müller, Susanne Wied, Elisabeth-Ann Dearey, Eva-Maria Wetekam, Gabriele Biemer-Daub

4. Autophagy and Regulation of Lipid Metabolism
Rajat Singh

5. Gene Co-Expression Modules and Type 2 Diabetes
Alan D. Attie, Mark P. Keller

6. Role of Zinc Finger Transcription Factor Zfp69 in Body Fat Storage and Diabetes Susceptibility of Mice
Stephan Scherneck, Heike Vogel, Matthias Nestler, Reinhart Kluge, Annette Schürmann, Hans-Georg Joost

7. Metabolic Sensing in Brain Dopamine Systems
Ivan E. Araujo, Xueying Ren, Jozélia G. Ferreira

8. Oral and Extraoral Bitter Taste Receptors
Maik Behrens, Wolfgang Meyerhof

9. Reciprocal Modulation of Sweet Taste by Leptin and Endocannabinoids
Mayu Niki, Masafumi Jyotaki, Ryusuke Yoshida, Yuzo Ninomiya

10. Roles of Hormones in Taste Signaling
Yu-Kyong Shin, Josephine M. Egan

11. Endocannabinoid Modulation in the Olfactory Epithelium
Esther Breunig, Dirk Czesnik, Fabiana Piscitelli, Vincenzo Marzo, Ivan Manzini, Detlev Schild

12. The Olfactory Bulb: A Metabolic Sensor of Brain Insulin and Glucose Concentrations via a Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel
Kristal Tucker, Melissa Ann Cavallin, Patrick Jean-Baptiste, K. C. Biju, James Michael Overton, Paola Pedarzani, Debra Ann Fadool

13. Energy Homeostasis Regulation in Drosophila: A Lipocentric Perspective
Ronald P. Kühnlein

14. Towards Understanding Regulation of Energy Homeostasis by Ceramide Synthases
Reinhard Bauer

15. Role of the Gut Peptide Glucose-Induced Insulinomimetic Peptide in Energy Balance
Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer, Natalia Rudovich, Martin O. Weickert, Frank Isken

16. Adipocyte–Brain: Crosstalk
Carla Schulz, Kerstin Paulus, Hendrik Lehnert

Keywords: Life Sciences, Cell Biology