M. Rupnik, M. Kreft, F. Nothias, S. Grilc, L. K. Bobanovic, L. Johannes, T. Kiauta, P. Vernier, F. Darchen, and R. Zorec Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, and Celica Biomedical Sciences Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-UMR7101, IFR-83, Université P. & M. Curie, and Ins...

In the present review article, we summarise current thinking about the neuroendocrinology of appetite and feeding behaviour. We discuss how the homeostatic control of energy balance, wherein the hypothalamus orchestrates food intake and energy expenditure in response to peripheral signals about nutritional status, can be easily overridden by the powerful reward value of food. We focus on how fu...

1 Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany; 2 Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany; 3 Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; 4 German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 72076 Tübingen, Germany; 5 Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Dis...

1 Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 3 Departamento de Biologia e CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 4 Celica Biomedical Center, Tehnoloski Park 24, 1000 Ljubljana, S...

Keiichi Itoi,1,2 Naoya Sugimoto,1 Saya Suzuki,1,2 Keisuke Sawada,1 Gopal Das,1 Katsuya Uchida,1 Toshimitsu Fuse,1 Shinji Ohara,3 and Kazuto Kobayashi4 1Laboratory of Information Biology, Graduate School of Information Sciences, and 2Division of Neuroendocrinology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan, 3Department of Neurology, Matsumoto Medical Center, Matsumot...

Neuroendocrine systems play a key role not only in the maintenance of whole-body homeostasis but also as the link between behavioural, endocrine and autonomic responses to environmental stimuli. It is becoming increasingly clear that neuroendocrine regulatory mechanisms are under the control of a combination of factors including genetic background, environment and early-life programming. Patter...