The regulation of appetite by gut hormones
Food intake is essential to life, and thus the drive to eat is a priority. Hunger and satiety are governed by homeostatic and hedonic pathways. The homeostatic control of food intake is primarily mediated by nuclei of the hypothalamus and brainstem, while non-homeostatic control is predominantly aff...
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Imperial College London
2015
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733061 |