Understanding the neurobiological controls of feeding behavior is critical in light of the
growing obesity pandemic, a phenomenon largely based on excessive caloric consumption …

Central regulation of food intake is a key mechanism contributing to energy homeostasis.
Many neural circuits that are thought to orchestrate feeding behavior overlap with the brain's …

Obesity and other eating disorders are marked by dysregulations to brain metabolic,
hedonic, motivational, and sensory systems that control food intake. Classic approaches in …

The new lifestyle in the modern world is causing a rapid increase in the prevalence of
obesity and associated health problems. Increased availability of palatable and energy …

The control of food intake and energy metabolism depends on the interaction among energy
homeostasis, emotional factors (including the hedonic aspects of food), and environmental …

Food intake and energy expenditure are key regulators of body weight. To regulate food
intake, the brain must integrate physiological signals and hedonic cues. The brain plays an …

Food is consumed in order to maintain energy balance at homeostatic levels. In addition,
palatable food is also consumed for its hedonic properties independent of energy status …

Animals use current, past, and projected future states of the organism and the world in a
finely tuned system to control ingestion. They must not only deal effectively with current …

A neural network sensitive to leptin and other energy status signals stretching from the
hypothalamus to the caudal medulla has been identified as the homeostatic control system …

The brain plays a key role in the controls of energy intake and expenditure, and many genes
associated with obesity are expressed in the central nervous system. Technological and …