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Acts of appetite: neural circuits governing the appetitive, consummatory, and terminating phases of feeding
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The overconsumption of highly caloric and palatable foods has caused a surge in obesity rates in the past half century, thereby posing a healthcare challenge due to the array of comorbidities linked to heightened body fat accrual. Developing treatments to manage body weight requires a grasp of the neurobiological basis of appetite. In this Review, we discuss advances in neuroscience that have identified brain regions and neural circuits that coordinate distinct phases of eating: food procurement, food consumption, and meal termination. While pioneering work identified several hypothalamic nuclei to be involved in feeding, more recent studies have explored how neuronal populations beyond the hypothalamus, such as the mesolimbic pathway and nodes in the hindbrain, interconnect to modulate appetite. We also examine how long-term exposure to a calorically dense diet rewires feeding circuits and alters the response of motivational systems to food. Understanding how the nervous system regulates eating behaviour will bolster the development of medical strategies that will help individuals to maintain a healthy body weight.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Alcantara, I. C., Tapia, A. P. M., Aponte, Y., & Krashes, M. J.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Aponte, Yeka
- Krashes, Michael J.
- Venue
- Nature Metabolism
- Published
- 2022-07-25
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 836-847
- ISSN
- 2522-5812 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10852214
- OpenAlex
- W4287510211
- Cited by
- 155
- References
- 216
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 4
- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Nature Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- appetite, feeding circuits, neural circuits, food procurement, dietary intake, meal termination, hypothalamus, mesolimbic system, hindbrain, obesity, eating behaviour, body weight regulation
- MeSH terms
- Appetite, Body Weight, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Obesity
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