title: Peripheral signals modifying food reward.
abstract: The pleasure derived from eating may feel like a simple emotion, but the decision to eat, and perhaps more importantly what to eat, involves central pathways linking energy homeostasis and reward and their regulation by metabolic and endocrine factors. Evidence is mounting that modulation of the hedonic aspects of energy balance is under the control of peripheral neuropeptides conventionally associated with homeostatic appetite control. Here, we describe the significance of reward in feeding, the neural substrates underlying the reward pathway and their modification by peptides released into the circulation from peripheral tissues.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Integrative Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. john.menzies@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: John R W
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Menzies
authors.forename: Karolina P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Skibicka
authors.forename: Emil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Egecioglu
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leng
authors.forename: Suzanne L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Dickson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D012201:Reward; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides