the role of essential fatty acids Das, Undurti N. creator author. xiv, 268 pages : illustrations : 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. Undurti N. Das. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 RC662 DAS 2010 9780813815534 0813815533 20260531101416.0