title: [Neuroendocrine regulation of eating behavior].
abstract: We review current neuroendocrine concepts about feeding behavior. Digestive or metabolic inputs are conveyed to the hypothalamus by endocrine and neuroendocrine pathways (insulin, cholecystokinin). The hypothalamus regulates feeding behavior both quantitatively and qualitatively through several neuroendocrine mediators (neuropeptide Y, galanin, GHRH...). The hypothalamus also integrates, by its communicative network, inputs from the cortex, the sub-cortex, the peripheral metabolism and it modifies consequently the feeding behavior. These neuroendocrine models are developed from many experimental observations both in normal and obese animals.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Diabétologie et Nutrition, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Selvais
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Maiter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000378:metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000502:physiology; D009489:Neurosecretion
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D009479:Neuropeptides; D002766:Cholecystokinin
vernacular_title: La régulation neuroendocrine du comportement alimentaire.