Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are severe eating disorders whose etiopathogenesis
is still unknown. Clinical features suggest that eating disorders may develop as reward …

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

Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A
Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of …

The lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) integrates homeostatic processes and reward-
motivated behaviors. Here we show that LHA neurons that produce melanin-concentrating …

The gut/brain peptide, glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1), suppresses food intake by acting on
receptors located in key energy balance regulating CNS areas, the hypothalamus or the …

Abstract Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is produced in the small intestines and in nucleus
tractus solitarius (NTS) neurons. Activation of central GLP-1 receptors (GLP-1Rs) reduces …

Background Maintaining energy homeostasis is vital and supported by vagal signaling
between digestive organs and the brain. Previous research has established a gastric …

This paper is the thirty-seventh consecutive installment of the annual review of research
concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2014 …

Alhough the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system is critical to energy balance control and
is a target for obesity pharmacotherapies, the receptor-population-mediating effects of …

Behavioral impulsivity is common in various psychiatric and metabolic disorders. Here we
identify a hypothalamus to telencephalon neural pathway for regulating impulsivity involving …