Insight into the brain's control of hunger and satiety

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers have identified previously unknown neural circuitry that plays a role in promoting satiety, the feeling of having had enough to eat. The discovery revises the current models for homeostatic control -- the mechanisms by which the brain maintains the body's status quo -- of feeding behavior. Published online today in Nature Neuroscience, the findings offer new insight into the regulation of hunger and s...