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KMID : 0605719980040020259
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
1998 Volume.4 No. 2 p.259 ~ p.269
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Food Intake and Neurotransmitters
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이영호/Young Ho Lee
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Abstract
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The act of food ingestion is a complex an vital activity. However, eating is so
commonplace that we rarely focus on the many steps and the many neural systems
involved in it. Since the dual center theory was proposed in the control of food intake,
recent researches have shed a great deal of light on the substances mediating food
intake. In addition to these advances, the commonalities between those substances
influencing mood and cognition and those controlling food intake suggest that studies of
eating behavior in psychiatric disorders also have been highlighted.
The focus of this review will be primarily on summarizing the effects of
neurotransmitters in their function as inhibitors and stimulators of food intake and
appetite. Some of the neurotransmitters also play a role in the regulation of food
preferences. The author also will focus on commonalities in the neurochemistry between
appetite and the pathophysiology of mental illnesses.
Understanding the many influences of neurotransmission in the control of food intake
is important for those dealing with the treatment of food intake disorders such as
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and obesity. Further researches must be focused on
the role of these neurotransmitters in the control of normal food intake and weight.
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