2015
Synaptic lipids in cortical function and psychiatric disorders
Stutz B, Horvath TL. Synaptic lipids in cortical function and psychiatric disorders. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2015, 8: 3-5. PMID: 26671988, PMCID: PMC4718156, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201505749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric disordersClinical therapeutic strategiesPathophysiologic mechanismsCortical circuitryCortical functionExcitatory neuronsTherapeutic strategiesAnimal modelsReliable biomarkersPsychiatric diseasesPsychiatric consequencesEMBO Molecular MedicinePsychiatric conditionsMillions of peopleHuman subjectsCircuit functionDisordersLipidsMolecular medicinePatientsPathophysiologyEtiologyDiseaseMiceNeuronsThe role of the hypothalamus in the maintenance of energy balance and peripheral glucose control
Varela L, Horvath T. The role of the hypothalamus in the maintenance of energy balance and peripheral glucose control. 2015, 529-537. DOI: 10.1002/9781118387658.ch36.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnergy homeostasisPrevalence of obesityAnorectic hormonesAgRP neuronsHypothalamic POMCObese patientsGlucose controlGlucose homeostasisBody weightInsulin actionHormonal actionLeptinMajor targetInsulinHormoneBrainHomeostasisLatest findingsEnergy balanceSteady riseObesityPatientsHypothalamusPathwayPrevalence
2014
A temperature hypothesis of hypothalamus-driven obesity.
Horvath TL, Stachenfeld NS, Diano S. A temperature hypothesis of hypothalamus-driven obesity. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2014, 87: 149-58. PMID: 24910560, PMCID: PMC4031788.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsTreatment of obesityWhite adipose tissueEtiology of obesityBrain temperature controlHealth care systemSustained obesityObesity developmentPeripheral tissuesMetabolic disordersLarge financial burdenObesityAdipose tissueMedical strategiesExcess fatMetabolic centersPsychological symptomsLength of lifeCare systemFinancial burdenMetabolic stateTissueVast majorityPatientsEtiologySymptoms