厌食症
食欲
医学
下丘脑
弓状核
癌症
脑干
内分泌学
内科学
激素
作者
Mellar P. Davis,Robert J. Motzer,Declan Walsh,Ruth Lagman,Susan B. LeGrand
标识
DOI:10.1200/jco.2004.03.103
摘要
Appetite is governed by peripheral hormones and central neurotransmitters that act on the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus and nucleus tactus solitarius of the brainstem. Cancer anorexia appears to be the result of an imbalance between neuropeptide-Y and pro-opiomelanocortin signals favoring pro-opiomelanocortin. Many of the appetite stimulants redress this imbalance. Most of our understanding of appetite neurophysiology and tumor-associated anorexia is derived from animals and has not been verified in humans. There have been few clinical trials and very little translational research on anorexia despite its prevalence in cancer.
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