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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137221103321

Autore

Zane Andrews

Titolo

Neuroendocrine mechanisms that connect feeding behavior and stress / / edited by Alfonso Abizaid and Zane Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2015

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9782889195077

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour); digital file(s)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics, , 1664-8714

Soggetti

Neuroendocrinology

Paraneurons

Stress (Physiology) - Endocrine aspects

Obesity - Endocrine aspects

Dopamine

Ghrelin

Leptin

Neuroscience

Human Anatomy & Physiology

Health & Biological Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

"Published in: Frontiers in neuroscience" -- front cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Research during the past decade highlights the strong link between appetitive feeding behavior, reward and motivation. Interestingly, stress levels can affect feeding behavior by manipulating hypothalamic circuits and brain dopaminergic reward pathways. Indeed, animals and people will increase or decrease their feeding responses when stressed. In many cases acute stress leads to a decrease in food intake, yet chronic social stressors are associated to increases in caloric intake and adiposity. Interestingly, mood disorders and the treatments used to



manage these disorders are also associated with changes in appetite and body weight. These data suggest a strong interaction between the systems that regulate feeding and metabolism and those that regulate mood. This Research Topic aims to illustrate how hormonal mechanisms regulate the nexus between feeding behavior and stress. It focuses on the hormonal regulation of hypothalamic circuits and/or brain dopaminergic systems, as the potential sites controlling the converging pathways between feeding behavior and stress.