Post-feeding diuresis in Rhodnius prolixus is neurohormonally controlled by serotonin and at least one peptidergic diuretic hormone (possibly a CRF-related peptide). These appear to be released by two different neurosecretory groups – 5 dorsal unpaired median (DUM) cells and 5-6 lateral neurosecretory cells of the mesothoracic ganglionic mass. The DUM cells co-localize serotonin and the calcito...

Invasive species often have rapid and far-reaching negative impacts on populations and ecological communities. These effects are most common when invasive species have few competitors or predators. Although higher level carnivores do consume invasive species, quantitative effects of new and abundant food sources on predators have rarely been documented and, as a consequence, potentially positiv...

Several epidemiological studies have observed an inverse relationship between people’s habitual frequency of eating and body weight, leading to the suggestion that a ‘nibbling’ meal pattern may help in the avoidance of obesity. A review of all pertinent studies shows that, although many fail to find any significant relationship, the relationship is consistently inverse in those that do observe ...

Several epidemiological studies have observed an inverse relationship between people's habitual frequency of eating and body weight, leading to the suggestion that a 'nibbling' meal pattern may help in the avoidance of obesity. A review of all pertinent studies shows that, although many fail to find any significant relationship, the relationship is consistently inverse in those that do observe ...

The studies described in this report provide interesting animal models for exploring some of the metabolic and neural antecedents to the over-consumption of fat and alcohol. The results provide strong support for the existence of positive feedback loops that involve a close relation between circulating lipids and orexigenic peptides in dorsal regions of the hypothalamus. The peptides involved i...

BACKGROUND Hyperorality, compulsive eating and aspiration because of food gorging, has been described in patients with frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD), but swallowing function in this population has not been reported. OBJECTIVE To identify the swallowing status in a sample of patients with FTLD. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Referral center, ambulatory care. PATIENTS A consecutive se...