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- Appetite [r]: The desire to eat food, experienced as hunger, and in mammals controlled by neural circuits in the hypothalamus. [e]
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- Obesity [r]: Excessive stores of body fat. [e]
- Leptin [r]: Hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates appetite. [e]
- Ghrelin [r]: A hormone produced by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach that stimulate appetite. [e]
- Adipocyte [r]: Cell that stores fat and makes it available for use as energy. [e]
- Dopamine [r]: A monoamine neurotransmitter formed in the brain by the decarboxylation of dopa and essential to the normal functioning of the central nervous system. [e]
- Ventral tegmental area [r]: Midbrain region that contains the dopaminergic cell bodies of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system, and which is a key part of the reward circuitry of the brain. [e]
- Nucleus accumbens [r]: Region of the forebrain thought to play an important role in reward. [e]
- Endocannabinoid [r]: Substances produced by some nerve cells (and by some cells in the periphery) with cellular effects like those produced by cannabis. [e]
- Endogenous opioid peptides [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Circadian rhythms and appetite [r]: Daily variations in the regulation of food intake. [e]
- Energy balance in pregnancy and lactation [r]: Adaptations in the control of food intake and energy expenditure in different reproductive states. [e]
- Evolution of appetite regulating systems [r]: Comparisons of the mechanisms regulating food intake and energy expenditure between species. [e]
- Genetics of obesity [r]: The evidence for a genetic component to obesity in humans. [e]
- Glucostatic theory of appetite control [r]: The theory that changes in blood glucose concentrations or arteriovenous glucose differences are detected by glucoreceptors that affect energy intake. [e]
- Melanocortins and appetite [r]: The regulation of food intake through neuropeptides related to adrenocorticotropic hormone. [e]
- Stress and appetite [r]: The interactions between the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and the regulation of food intake. [e]
- Bariatric surgery [r]: The surgical removal of body fat. [e]
- Diabesity [r]: A term referring to the intricate relationship between type 2 diabetes and obesity. [e]
- Drug treatments for obesity [r]: Treatments of obesity that are based on drugs. [e]
- Exercise and body weight [r]: Correlation between physical activity and the body mass index. [e]
- Gut-brain signalling [r]: The interaction between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. [e]
- Health consequences of obesity [r]: Long-term effects of obesity on health. [e]