title: Brain Regulation of Energy Metabolism.
abstract: In healthy individuals, energy intake is in balance with energy expenditure, which helps to maintain a normal body weight. The brain's inability to control energy homeostasis underlies the pathology of hyperphagia and obesity. The brain detects body energy excess and deficit by sensing the levels of circulating metabolic hormones and nutrients and by receiving metabolic information from the periphery via the autonomic nervous system. A specialized neuronal network coordinates energy intake behavior and the metabolic processes affecting energy expenditure. Here, we briefly review neuronal mechanisms by which our body maintains energy balance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Science, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.|Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-5006
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mskim@amc.seoul.kr.
authors.forename: Min Seon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-0390
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Brain stem; Energy metabolism; Hypothalamus; Obesity