title: A potential role for the hippocampus in energy intake and body weight regulation.
abstract: Recent research and theory point to the possibility that hippocampal-dependent learning and memory mechanisms translate neurohormonal signals of energy balance into adaptive behavioral outcomes involved with the inhibition of food intake. The present paper summarizes these findings and ideas and considers the hypothesis that excessive caloric intake and obesity may be produced by dietary and other factors that are known to alter hippocampal functioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Ingestive Behavior Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. davidson@psych.purdue.edu
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kanoski
authors.forename: Lindsey A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schier
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Clegg
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Benoit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology