A central mechanism for anorexia in cancer: a hypothesis

Cancer Treat Rep. 1981:65 Suppl 5:15-21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anorexia / etiology*
  • Anorexia / metabolism
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Feeding Behavior / physiology
  • Feeding and Eating Disorders / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / complications
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Serotonin / metabolism*
  • Tryptophan / blood
  • Tryptophan / metabolism

Substances

  • Serotonin
  • Tryptophan