Central Oxytocin and Food Intake: Focus on Macronutrient-Driven Reward
Centrally acting oxytocin (OT) is known to terminate food consumption in response to excessive stomach distension, increase in salt loading, and presence of toxins. Hypothalamic-hindbrain OT pathways facilitate these aspects of OT-induced hypophagia. However, recent discoveries have implicated OT in...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2015
|
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412129/ |