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The vagus nerve, food intake and obesity

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Berthoud, Hans-Rudolf·2008·Regulatory Peptides

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Food interacts with sensors all along the alimentary canal to provide the brain with information regarding its composition, energy content, and beneficial effect. Vagal afferents innervating the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and liver provide a rapid and discrete account of digestible food in the alimentary canal, as well as circulating and stored fuels, while vagal efferents, together with the sympathetic nervous system and hormonal mechanisms, codetermine the rate of nutrient absorption, partitioning, storage, and mobilization. Although vagal sensory mechanisms play a crucial role in the neural mechanism of satiation, there is little evidence suggesting a significant role in long-term energy homeostasis. However, increasing recognition of vagal involvement in the putative mechanisms making bariatric surgeries the most effective treatment for obesity should greatly stimulate future research to uncover the many details regarding the specific transduction mechanisms in the periphery and the inter- and intra-neuronal signaling cascades disseminating vagal information across the neuraxis.

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  • These receptors influence the control of food intake and regulation of satiety, gastric emptying, and energy balance by transmitting signals arising from the upper gut to the nucleus of the solitary tract in the brain.

    “They influence the control of food intake and regulation of satiety, gastric emptying and energy balance (39) by transmitting signals arising from the upper gut to the nucleus of the solitary tract in the brain (40).”
  • Selective vagotomy by itself fails to affect energy homeostasis.

    “selective vagotomy by itself fails to affect energy homeostasis (19).”
  • Vagal afferents play a critical role in the ability of gut-derived satiety signals such as CCK to promote the termination of a meal.

    “abundant evidence suggests that vagal afferents play a critical role in the ability of gut-derived satiety signals, such as CCK, to promote the termination of a meal”

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Authors
Berthoud, H.-R.
Affiliations
Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
Corresponding author
Berthoud, Hans-Rudolf
Venue
Regulatory Peptides
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-08
Volume
149
Issue
1-3
Pages
15-25
ISSN
0167-0115 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2110310483
Cited by
316
References
182
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Regulatory Peptides (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK071082, R01DK047348)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Keywords
vagus nerve, vagal afferents, vagal efferents, dietary intake, obesity, satiation, energy homeostasis, nutrient absorption, nutrient partitioning, bariatric surgery
MeSH terms
Animals, Eating, Humans, Models, Biological, Obesity, Vagus Nerve

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