Cholecystokinin (CCK) has emerged as an important mammalian neuropeptide, localized in
peripheral organs and in the central nervous system. This review presents an overview of …

Gerry Smith's thoughtful survey in his book Satiation (1998) outlined the established
principles of gastric and intestinal satiation and delineated several questions still requiring …

The outcome of competition among three species of anuran tadpoles in replicated artificial
pond communities depends on the density of predatory salamanders present in the …

The factors influencing appetite in humans are poorly understood. There is a weak relation
between appetite and gastric emptying in normal subjects. Recent studies have shown that …

In addition to various psychosocial and metabolic factors, food intake is also influenced by
gastrointestinal mechanisms that trigger both the initiation and termination of eating …

Vagotomy Abolishes Cues of Satiety Produced by Gastric Distension Page 1 infant. An
immgant male bit an 11-month-old infant behind the ear (KS Smith, personal communication) …

Rats receiving intragastric infusions of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, or 10.0 ml of normal saline while their
pylori are reversibly occluded suppress meal size to the smallest infusion and display a …

Bombesin (2-16 microgram-kg-1, intraperitoneally) inhibited food intake in rats after
abdominal vagotomy. Since the same vagotomized rats did not respond to the octapeptide …

The purpose of this report is to provide a review of four peptides (cholecystokinin, bombesin,
neuropeptide Y, galanin) and their role in feeding behavior. Cholecystokinin (CCK) and …

Male Sprague-Dawley rats which survived bilateral subdiaphragmatic vagotomy (with
hepatic branch intact) exhibited an acute syndrome of hypophagia, hypodipsia and severe …