Insight into the brain's control of hunger, satiety

Monday, November 21, 2016 - 19:51 in Psychology & Sociology

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.

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