title: Was it something I ate?
abstract: Aversive visceral stimuli, such as those associated with sickness, suppress appetite. Yet an understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying illness-related anorexia has remained elusive. Carter et al. (2013) now identify a specific hindbrain → amygdala circuit that contributes to illness-induced loss of appetite.
authors: Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Electronic address: agarfiel@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors: Alastair S
authors: AS
authors: Garfield
authors: Bradford B
authors: BB
authors: Lowell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D012528:Satiety Response / Q000502:physiology*