Studies on Appetite (Part1)

A Spotlight on Appetite.

Remarkably few hormones have been identified that stimulate appetite. The recent discovery of asprosin, a hormone that activates AgRP neurons to increase food intake and body weight, begins to fill this gap (Duerrschmid et al., 2017; Romere et al., 2016).

An appetite for understanding appetite

I have a sweet tooth, and I will always choose any pastry over spinach salad. I also know that many readers will share this preference. However, I am also aware that an unbalanced diet, in quantity and quality, is associated with serious health problems, including type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. It has therefore become a pressing question in basic and t...

Guidelines on design and statistics for Appetite.

Hindbrain mineralocorticoid mechanisms on sodium appetite.

Aldosterone acting on the brain stimulates sodium appetite and sympathetic activity by mechanisms that are still not completely clear. In the present study, we investigated the effects of chronic infusion of aldosterone and acute injection of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist RU 28318 into the fourth ventricle (4th V) on sodium appetite. Male Wistar rats (280-350 g) with a stainles...

Appetite regulation: Shedding new light on obesity

New information illuminating the potential causes of obesity has been appearing rapidly, beginning with the cloning, by Friedman’s group, of the mouse obese (ob) gene, as reported in December 1994 [1]. Many reports on related topics and other molecular biological approaches to obesity have followed, particularly in the last several months. These reports help to form a picture that places regula...