This article is an up-to-date review of the impact that the discovery of corticotropin-releasing
hormone (CRH) has had on basic science and clinical medicine. It discusses hypothalamic …

Significant comorbidities between obesity-related metabolic disease and stress-related
psychological disorders suggest important functional interactions between energy balance …

This research project examined the relationship between gavage administration of various
vehicles and induction of the stress response, as defined by increased plasma …

This study tested the hypothesis that systemic stressors in rats activate glucagon-like peptide-
1 (GLP-1)-immunoreactive neurons in the caudal brain stem, including those that project to …

Anxiety is a key symptom of the cocaine withdrawal syndrome in human addicts, and it is
considered to be one of the major factors in precipitating relapse to chronic cocaine abuse …

Behavioral, autonomic, and endocrine outputs of the CNS are subject to important feedback
modulation by viscerosensory signals that are conveyed initially to the hindbrain nucleus of …

Stimulation of gastric vagal afferents by systemic administration of cholecystokinin
octapeptide (CCK) inhibits gastric motility, reduces food intake, and stimulates pituitary …

Stress has long been known to affect eating behaviors in humans. Stress-induced
hyperphagia is considered a potential cause for the development of obesity. Given the high …

Neuroendocrine, behavioural and autonomic responses to stressful stimuli are orchestrated
by complex neural circuits. The caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) in the dorsomedial …

Despite the considerable revisions to diagnostic criteria, recent data indicate that
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders. Growing …