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'''Appetite''' is the desire to eat food, and is experienced as [[hunger]]. Appetite in mammals is controlled by neural circuits in the [[hypothalamus]] which are influenced by hormonal and neural signals from the digestive tract, including the appetite-stimulating hormone [[ghrelin]]. The drive to eat is balanced by satiety signals from the digestive tract, and by feedback from [[ | '''Appetite''' is the desire to eat food, and is experienced as [[hunger]]. Appetite in mammals is controlled by [[Melanocortins and appetite|neural circuits]] in the [[hypothalamus]] which are influenced by hormonal and neural signals from the digestive tract, including the appetite-stimulating hormone [[ghrelin]]. The drive to eat is balanced by satiety signals from the [[Gut-brain signalling|digestive tract]], and by feedback from [[adipocyte|adipose tissue]] - including by the hormone [[leptin]]. Appetite is also subject to sensory stimuli - the sight and smell of [[Food reward|food]], and is modulated by internal (circadian) [[Circadian rhythms and appetite|rhythms]]; we are hungry at meal times. Appetite is also influenced by [[Stress and appetite|stress]], by [[Glucostatic theory of appetite control|glucose]] concentrations in the blood, and by physiological state - appetite is stimulated after [[Exercise and body weight|exercise]], and is enhanced in [[Energy balance in pregnancy and lactation|pregnancy]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:11, 18 July 2011
Appetite is the desire to eat food, and is experienced as hunger. Appetite in mammals is controlled by neural circuits in the hypothalamus which are influenced by hormonal and neural signals from the digestive tract, including the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin. The drive to eat is balanced by satiety signals from the digestive tract, and by feedback from adipose tissue - including by the hormone leptin. Appetite is also subject to sensory stimuli - the sight and smell of food, and is modulated by internal (circadian) rhythms; we are hungry at meal times. Appetite is also influenced by stress, by glucose concentrations in the blood, and by physiological state - appetite is stimulated after exercise, and is enhanced in pregnancy.
- 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]
