IN THE last decade, the explosive increase in our knowledge of neuropeptides has
demonstrated that the release of peptides from the gastrointestinal tract can modulate …

Meal size is a major determinant of energy intake and an important phenotype in animal
models of obesity and in human eating disorders. Successful. analysis of the controls of …

The rewarding taste of food is critical for motivating animals to eat, but whether taste has a
parallel function in promoting meal termination is not well understood. Here, we show that …

The adaptive importance of acquired feeding habits has long been acknowledged in
research on obesity1 and animal foraging2 for example. Yet so few experiments have …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the interactions of environment and genetics in
the development of obesity. There are major additions to the neuroanatomic basis for control …

Bombesin (BBS) is a tetradecapeptide originally isolated from amphibian skin1. BBS-like
irnmunoactivity is widely distributed in mammalian gut2–5, and plasma levels have been …

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) …

From clinical evidence it has been known since early this century that damage to the base of
the brain in or near the hypothalamus can lead to overeating and obesity in man. Later, it …

This article examines how the depletion and replenishment of various energy stores give
rise to periodic eating and how constant body-energy levels are maintained over time …

Die Wiedergabe von Gebrauchsnamen, Handelsnamen, Warenbezeichnungen usw. in
diesem Buch berechtigt auch ohne besondere Kennzeichnung nicht zu der Annahme, daß …