Diseases associated with tobacco use constitute a major health problem worldwide. Upon
cessation of tobacco use, an unpleasant withdrawal syndrome occurs in dependent …

BACKGROUND Because of the substantial energy demands of reproduction, the brain must
temper the fertility of individuals to match nutritional availability. Under-nutrition is associated …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

How the brain translates changes in internal metabolic state or perceived food quality into
alterations in feeding behavior remains poorly understood. Studies in Drosophila larvae …

The high prevalence of obesity and associated metabolic disorders are one of the major
public health problems worldwide. Among the main causal factors of obesity, excessive …

Background: The question is which hypothalamic systems for food intake might play a role in
ethanol intake and contribute to alcohol abuse. The peptide orexin was found to exhibit …

High impulsivity, mediated through ventral striatal dopamine signalling, represents an
established risk factor for substance abuse, and may likewise confer vulnerability to …

The neuropeptide galanin has been implicated in anxiety-related behaviors, cognition,
analgesia, and feeding in rodents. Neuromodulatory actions of galanin are mediated by …

Innate behaviors offer a unique opportunity to use genetic analysis to dissect and
characterize the neural substrates of complex behavioral programs. Courtship in Drosophila …

Despite sharing much of their genomes, males and females are often highly dimorphic,
reflecting at least in part the resolution of sexual conflict in response to sexually antagonistic …