Getting to the bottom of feeding behaviour: Who's on top?

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-189

  Cameron, Jameason ^a   Doucet, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetite; Arcuate nucleus; Food reward; Gut peptides; Hedonics; Limbic system

Indexed keywords

DRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

APPETITE REGULATION; DRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 34250170167     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H06-072     Document Type: Review

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