The food-entrainable oscillator: A network of interconnected brain structures entrained by humoral signals?

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1273-1289

  Carneiro, Breno Tercio Santos ^a,b   Araujo, John Fontenele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Food entrainment; Food anticipatory activity; Foodentrainable oscillator; Humoral pathway

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OXYNTOMODULIN; PEPTIDE YY;

BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 70450190110     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420520903404480     Document Type: Review

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