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Das, Undurti N.

Metabolic syndrome pathophysiology : the role of essential fatty acids / Undurti N. Das. - Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - xiv, 268 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History, definition, and diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome -- Insulin resistance in the metabolic syndrome -- Is it necessary to redefine the metabolic syndrome? -- Is insulin resistance a disorder of the brain? -- Obesity -- Perinatal nutrition and obesity -- Essential hypertension -- Dietary factors and hypertension -- Is hypertension a disorder of the brain? -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus with particular reference to hypothalamus -- Insulin and insulin receptors in the brain and their role in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Insulin, endothelial nitric oxide, and the metabolic syndrome -- Obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, the metabolic syndrome, and the gut microbiota -- Is it possible that the metabolic syndrome originates in the perinatal period? -- Essential fatty acids : biochemistry and physiology -- Role of EFAs/PUFAs in brain growth and development and pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome -- EFAs/PUFAs and their metabolites in insulin resistance -- EFAs/PUFAs and atherosclerosis.

9780813815534 (alk. paper) 0813815533 (alk. paper)


Metabolic syndrome--Pathophysiology.
Essential fatty acids--Pathophysiology.
Unsaturated fatty acids--Pathophysiology.
Insulin resistance--Pathophysiology.
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes--Pathophysiology.
Brain--Metabolism.
Metabolic Syndrome X--physiopathology.
Brain--physiopathology.
Fatty Acids, Essential--pharmacology.
Fatty Acids, Essential--physiology.
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated--pharmacology.
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated--physiology.

RC662.4 / .D37 2010

616.399 / D37

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