Neurobiology of Food and Fluid Intake

Description

Like previous handbooks, the present volume is an authoritative and up-to-date compendium of information and perspective on the neurobiology of ingestive behaviors. It is intended to be stimulating and informative to the practitioner, whether neophyte or senior scholar. It is also intended to be accessible to others who do not investigate the biological bases of food and ?uid ingestion, who may teach aspects of this material or simply wonder about the current state of the ?eld. To all readers, we present this handbook as a progress report, recognizing that the present state of the ?eld is much farther along than it was the last time a handbook was published, but mindful of the likelihood that it is not as far along as it will be when the next handbook is prepared. This ?eld has witnessed a spectacular accretion of scienti?c information since the ?rst handbook was published in 1967. During the generation of science between then and the publication of the second handbook in 1990, numerous scienti?c reports have substantially changed the perspective and informational base of the ?eld. Front Matter....Pages 1-3 Behavioral Neurobiology of Ingestive Behaviors....Pages 5-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Accumbens Dopamine is a Physiological Correlate of the Rewarding and Motivating Effects of Food....Pages 15-42 The CNS Physiology of Food Reward....Pages 43-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Neurobehavioral Analysis of Taste Function....Pages 63-87 Psychophysical Measurement of Human Taste Experience....Pages 89-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Our Evolving Understanding of Peptides and the Control of Food Intake....Pages 111-126 Brain Insulin and Obesity: From Man to C. elegans ....Pages 127-153 Front Matter....Pages 155-157 Postnatal Development of Central Feeding Circuits....Pages 159-194 The Caudal Brainstem and the Control of Food Intake and Energy Balance....Pages 195-240 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 Metabolic Signals in the Control of Food Intake....Pages 243-274 Gastrointestinal Signaling in the Control of Food Intake....Pages 275-305 The Estrogenic Inhibition of Eating....Pages 307-345 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Anorexia during Disease....Pages 349-381 Neural Mechanisms of Anorexia....Pages 383-420 Front Matter....Pages 421-421 Studies of Food Intake: Lessons from Nontraditionally Studied Species....Pages 423-467 The Control of Eating Behavior in Free-Living Humans....Pages 469-504 Front Matter....Pages 505-505 Thirst....Pages 507-545 Neurobiology of Sodium Appetite....Pages 547-587