New Insight Into the Brain's Control of Hunger and Satiety Could Help Researchers Target Overeating and Obesity
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 14:51
in Psychology & Sociology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers have identified previously unknown neural circuitry that plays a role in promoting satiety, the feeling of having had enough to eat. The discovery revises the current models for homeostatic control - the mechanisms by which the brain maintains the body's status quo - of feeding behavior. Published online today in Nature Neuroscience, the findings offer new insight into the regulation of hunger and satiety and could help researchers find solutions to the ongoing obesity epidemic.