Homeostasis Meets Motivation in the Battle to Control Food Intake

Signals of energy homeostasis interact closely with neural circuits of motivation to control food intake. An emerging hypothesis is that the transition to maladaptive feeding behavior seen in eating disorders or obesity may arise from dysregulation of these interactions. Focusing on key brain region...

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Main Authors: Ferrario, Carrie R. (Author), Labouèbe, Gwenaël (Author), Liu, Shuai (Author), Routh, Vanessa H. (Author), Xu, Shengjin (Author), O'Connor, Eoin C. (Author), Nieh, Horng-An Edward (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Neuroscience, 2017-06-16T17:41:43Z.
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