When it comes to food, one tempting substance is sugar. Although sweetness is detected by
the tongue, the desire to consume sugar arises from the gut. Even when sweet taste is …

When I first tried animal experimentation for the purpose of discovering the motion and
functions of the heart by actual inspection and not by other people's books, I found it so truly …

Feeding behaviour--Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract--Metabolites and hormones--
Central nervous system and the special senses--Learning about food; conditioned …

The role of vagal afferents and splanchnic fibers in nutrient-induced flavor conditioning and
feeding suppression was determined. Male rats were fitted with intraduodenal (ID) catheters …

When we feel hungry, or when animals begin to eat spontaneously, our and their bodies still
have caloric reserves that would last for days or weeks. We do not eat to replenish calories …

Gustatory and olfactory alliesthesia was observed in nine healthy adult humans who
received on three different days an intragastric load of 50 g glucose dissolved into various …

Evidence that the obesity syndrome which follows ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) lesions
is at least partially the result of a primary metabolic dysfunction is reviewed, as are proposals …

The effects of bilateral vagotomy at the level of the proventriculus, in immature female fowls
(VAG), on body weight, feeding activity parameters, rate of food passage, digestibility, and …

A decrease in the cellular utilization of glucose produced by several glucose antimetabolites
and especially by 2 deoxy-D-glucose considreably stimulates food intake. An analysis of this …

Animal experiments and clinical observations have demonstrated significant effects of
vagotomy on body weight. Weight loss or inability to regain are partly due to impaired …