There is a long-standing interest in the role of endogenous opioid peptides in feeding
behavior and, in particular, in the modulation of food reward and palatability. Since drugs …

Animal models allow us to investigate the basic mechanisms by which food intake is
regulated. There are a host of neuroregulators distributed across a complex central network …

Endogenous opioids are involved in the hedonic aspects of eating. Opioid impairments and
alterations have been implicated in the pathophysiology of bulimia nervosa and binge …

The conceptual link between drug addiction and feeding rests on multiple lines of evidence.
Here we review one of these: gut and adipose tissue hormones that provide short-and long …

Consummatory behavior is driven by both caloric and emotional need, and a wide variety of
animal models have been useful in research on the systems that drive consumption of food …

This report summarizes the background and specific objectives for a symposium on the
neurobiology of nonhomeostatic eating and drug abuse that was held at the 2004 Annual …

Highlights•Discrete neuronal populations are sufficient for driving appetite and
satiety.•These neurons are regulated by sensory, hormonal, and exogenous …

In 2003, we are confronted with the incontrovertible fact that the United States and similar
societies across the globe are experiencing a virtual epidemic of obesity. Rigorous and …

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Obesity continues to be a major public health concern and has recently surpassed tobacco
as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. The rise in obesity has been …