An overview is presented of those signals generated by the gastrointestinal (GI) tract during
meals that interact with the central nervous system to create a sensation of fullness and …

During a meal, ingested nutrients accumulate in the stomach, with a significant portion
passing on to the small intestine. The gastrointestinal presence of ingested nutrients initiates …

Regulation of feeding behavior is complex. The system integrates hormonal (CCK, ghrelin,
insulin and PY3-36 etc), nutrient (glucose and lipids) and neural signals triggered by food …

The evidence for the participation of signals from the gastrointestinal tract in hunger and
satiety is reviewed. Various methods of subjecting only certain portions of the …

During a meal, multiple gastrointestinal sites are stimulated by ingested nutrients and their
digestion products, initiating local gastrointestinal actions and producing a variety of …

Summary 1 Introduction 2 Physiological mechanisms of satiation and satiety 2.1
Physiological mechanisms of satiation 2.1. 1 Gastric mechanisms of satiation 2.1. 2 Intestinal …

In addition to various psychosocial and metabolic factors, food intake is also influenced by
gastrointestinal mechanisms that trigger both the initiation and termination of eating …

Despite dramatic fluctuations in calorie intake, animals maintain a very stable body weight.
The reason is that energy intake and expenditure are precisely matched. Long-term …

To investigate the specificity of satiety in man, subjects (n= 32) rated the pleasantness of the
taste of eight foods, were then given one of the foods to eat for lunch, and re-rated the …

The landmark discovery by Bayliss and Starling in 1902 of the first hormone, secretin,
emerged from earlier observations that a response (pancreatic secretion) following a …