title: The melanocortin system as a central integrator of direct and indirect controls of food intake.
authors.forename: Diana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001111:Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Q000378:metabolism; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D000521:alpha-MSH / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000521:alpha-MSH; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin