Cited by 6,451Regulation of Appetite and ObesityHypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Central nervous system control of food intake

Schwartz, Michael W., Woods, Stephen C., Porte, Daniel, Seeley, Randy J., Baskin, Denis G.·2000·Nature

Abstract

New information regarding neuronal circuits that control food intake and their hormonal regulation has extended our understanding of energy homeostasis, the process whereby energy intake is matched to energy expenditure over time. The profound obesity that results in rodents (and in the rare human case as well) from mutation of key signalling molecules involved in this regulatory system highlights its importance to human health. Although each new signalling pathway discovered in the hypothalamus is a potential target for drug development in the treatment of obesity, the growing number of such signalling molecules indicates that food intake is controlled by a highly complex process. To better understand how energy homeostasis can be achieved, we describe a model that delineates the roles of individual hormonal and neuropeptide signalling pathways in the control of food intake and the means by which obesity can arise from inherited or acquired defects in their function.

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Authors
Schwartz, M. W., Woods, S. C., Porte, D., Seeley, R. J., & Baskin, D. G.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • University of Cincinnati (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
2000-04
Volume
404
Issue
6778
Pages
661-671
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1561443084
Cited by
6,451
References
123
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Keywords
food intake regulation, energy homeostasis, hypothalamus, neuropeptides, hormone signaling, obesity, neural circuits, energy expenditure
MeSH terms
Central Nervous System, Eating, Energy Metabolism, Homeostasis, Humans, Hypothalamus, Insulin, Models, Biological, Neuropeptides, Obesity, Satiation, Biogenic Monoamines, Signal Transduction, Leptin

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