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Chatting Between the Brain and White Adipose Tissues

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Over the past decades, numerous papers have been published demonstrating the importance of the relationships between the brain and white adipose tissues in regard to body weight and metabolism regulation. Indeed the brain mainly via the sympathetic nervous system control body fat mass both by regulating adipocytes metabolism (lipolysis and lipogenesis), secretory activity (leptin and other adipokines) as well as development. In turn fat mass will send information to some brain areas via sensory nerves as well as via changes in metabolic and hormonal signals. Altogether these data are in support of a feedback loop between white adipose tissues and the brain. This crosstalk plays a major role in the regulation of energy homeostasis and has been shown to be altered according to physiological and pathological states.