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- Circadian rhythms and appetite [r]: Daily variations in the regulation of food intake. [e]
- Energy balance in pregnancy and lactation [r]: Adaptations in the control of food intake and energy expenditure in different reproductive states. [e]
- Evolution of appetite regulating systems [r]: Comparisons of the mechanisms regulating food intake and energy expenditure between species. [e]
- Genetics of obesity [r]: The evidence for a genetic component to obesity in humans. [e]
- Glucostatic theory of appetite control [r]: The theory that changes in blood glucose concentrations or arteriovenous glucose differences are detected by glucoreceptors that affect energy intake. [e]
- Melanocortins and appetite [r]: The regulation of food intake through neuropeptides related to adrenocorticotropic hormone. [e]
- Stress and appetite [r]: The interactions between the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the regulation of food intake. [e]
- Bariatric surgery [r]: The surgical removal of body fat. [e]
- Drug treatments for obesity [r]: Treatments of obesity that are based on drugs. [e]
- Exercise and body weight [r]: Correlation between physical activity and the body mass index. [e]
- Food reward [r]: The brain mechanisms involved in reinforcing feeding behaviour. [e]
- Gut-brain signalling [r]: The interaction between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. [e]
- Health consequences of obesity [r]: Long-term effects of obesity on health. [e]
- Adipocyte [r]: Cell that stores fat and makes it available for use as energy. [e]
- Leptin [r]: Hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates appetite. [e]
- Ghrelin [r]: A hormone produced by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach that stimulate appetite. [e]
- Hypothalamus [r]: A part of the mammalian brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon. [e]
- Arcuate nucleus [r]: An aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus with important roles in appetite regulation and in the control of growth hormone secretion and prolactin secretion. [e]
- Hunger [r]: Localized subjective sensation, caused by emptiness and a resulting hypermotility of the stomach. [e]
- Satiety [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cholecystokinin [r]: Peptide hormone synthesised by L-cells in the mucosal epithelium of the duodenum, and secreted in response to the presence of partially digested lipids and proteins. [e]
- Vasopressin receptor [r]: Cell surface receptors to which vasopressins bind or interact in order to modify the function of the cells. Two types of vasopressin receptor exist, the V1 receptor in the vascular smooth muscle and the V2 receptor in the kidneys. [e]
- Ventromedial nucleus [r]: Large aggregation of mainly glutamatergic neurones dorsal to the arcuate nucleus; known as important for appetite regulation and regulation of sexual behaviour. [e]