02518 a2200373 4500 20260531101416.0 9780813815534 0813815533 RC662 DAS 2010 Das, Undurti N. author. Metabolic syndrome pathophysiology : the role of essential fatty acids / Undurti N. Das. Lowa: Wiley-Blackwell. 2010 xiv, 268 pages : illustrations : text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Metabolic syndrome Pathophysiology. Essential fatty acids Pathophysiology. Unsaturated fatty acids Pathophysiology. Insulin resistance Pathophysiology. Type 2 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. lcc BK 662 DAS RC 12013 12013