Neural and hormonal mechanisms regulating food intake

Neural and hormonal mechanisms regulating food intake.

In this outline of the neural control of food intake, no attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive survey of the literature since there are several symposia and reviews available which summarize the extensive work in this field (Grossman, 1975; Novin et al. 1976; Silverstone, 1976; Morgane & Panksepp, 1980; Hoebel & Novin, 1982). Instead some current concepts of the neural control of foo...

Hormonal and Neural Mechanisms Regulating Hormone Steroids Secretion

Hormonal and neural signals participate in regulating the synthesis and release of steroid hormones from the adrenals, ovaries and testicles. Hormonal signals arise from the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, adipose tissue, as well as from the adrenals, ovaries and testicles. Neural signals originating in the hypothalamus and other regions of the central and peripheral nervous system mo...

Regulating food intake.

EVERY ORGANISM INGESTS FOOD (energy). If it takes in too little, it will starve; if it takes in too much, it will become obese. Too little is readily defined as caloric intake less than expenditure, and too much is simply the opposite. Multiple regulatory pathways are known that promote and inhibit feeding and thus regulate energy balance. However, these pathways and their interactions remain i...

Hormonal regulation of food intake.

Our knowledge of the physiological systems controlling energy homeostasis has increased dramatically over the last decade. The roles of peripheral signals from adipose tissue, pancreas, and the gastrointestinal tract reflecting short- and long-term nutritional status are now being described. Such signals influence central circuits in the hypothalamus, brain stem, and limbic system to modulate n...

Selected hormonal and neurotransmitter mechanisms regulating