Neurobiology of Food and Fluid Intake (Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology (14))

Like previous handbooks, the present volume is an authoritative and up-to-date compendium of information and perspective on the neurobiology of ingestive behaviors. It is intended to be stimulating and informative to the practitioner, whether neophyte or senior scholar. It is also intended to be accessible to others who do not investigate the biological bases of food and ?uid ingestion, who may teach aspects of this material or simply wonder about the current state of the ?eld. To all readers, we present this handbook as a progress report, recognizing that the present state of the ?eld is much farther along than it was the last time a handbook was published, but mindful of the likelihood that it is not as far along as it will be when the next handbook is prepared. This ?eld has witnessed a spectacular accretion of scienti?c information since the ?rst handbook was published in 1967. During the generation of science between then and the publication of the second handbook in 1990, numerous scienti?c reports have substantially changed the perspective and informational base of the ?eld.

Volume 14 provides the reader with a wide variety of perspectives on the enormous changes that have occurred in the study of food and fluid intake since the first edition of Neurobiology of Food and Fluid Intake published 14 years ago. As with the first edition, multiple viewpoints on issues of clinical significance and basic studies using laboratory animals are revealed, as world renowned experts in the field discuss homeostasis in various areas of alimentary behaviour and brain function. The text details the integration of the biological and behavioral contributions to homeostasis and the way in which basic neuroscientific studies of animal subjects can be used to illuminate parallel clinical phenomena in human subjects. Four retrospective essays on how the field has developed have been added to this new edition, and all chapters have been updated to integrate new material. New chapters in Volume 14 include motivation, food intake, body fluids, and an entirely new section on Reward, an important topic to cover in any study of motivated behaviour.

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The last two decades of research have brought forth that aspects of ingestive behavior can best be understood in a biological context and that physiological responses complementing ingestive behavior are not totally independent of behavior. Also, the multidisciplinary considerations of eating and drinking permit insights into various dysfunctions in human ingestive behavior, and vice versa. These themes are evident in twelve chapters covering the general areas of food intake and caloric homeostasis, food selection, thirst, sodium appetite, and fluid homeostasis. Several essays provide a retrospective analysis of recent progress in the study of human obesity, thirst, and diet selection. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Front Matter....Pages 1-3 Behavioral Neurobiology of Ingestive Behaviors....Pages 5-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Accumbens Dopamine is a Physiological Correlate of the Rewarding and Motivating Effects of Food....Pages 15-42 The CNS Physiology of Food Reward....Pages 43-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Neurobehavioral Analysis of Taste Function....Pages 63-87 Psychophysical Measurement of Human Taste Experience....Pages 89-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Our Evolving Understanding of Peptides and the Control of Food Intake....Pages 111-126 Brain Insulin and Obesity: From Man to C. elegans ....Pages 127-153 Front Matter....Pages 155-157 Postnatal Development of Central Feeding Circuits....Pages 159-194 The Caudal Brainstem and the Control of Food Intake and Energy Balance....Pages 195-240 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 Metabolic Signals in the Control of Food Intake....Pages 243-274 Gastrointestinal Signaling in the Control of Food Intake....Pages 275-305 The Estrogenic Inhibition of Eating....Pages 307-345 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Anorexia during Disease....Pages 349-381 Neural Mechanisms of Anorexia....Pages 383-420 Front Matter....Pages 421-421 Studies of Food Intake: Lessons from Nontraditionally Studied Species....Pages 423-467 The Control of Eating Behavior in Free-Living Humans....Pages 469-504 Front Matter....Pages 505-505 Thirst....Pages 507-545 Neurobiology of Sodium Appetite....Pages 547-587 Behavioral neurobiology of ingestive behaviors -- Edward M. Stricker and Stephen C. Woods Accumbens dopamine is a physiological correlate of the rewarding and motivating effects of food -- Gerald P. Smith CNS physiology of food reward -- Dianne P. Figlewicz Lattemann Neurobehavioral analysis of taste function -- Alan C. Spector and James C. Smith Psychophysical measurement of human taste experience -- Linda M. Batoshuk and Derek J. Snyder Our evolving understanding of peptides and the control of food intake -- Randy J. Seeley Brain insulin and obesity -- Daniel Porte Jr. Postnatal development of central feeding circuits -- Linda Rinaman Caudal brainstem and the control of food intake and energy balance -- Hans-Rudolf Berthoud Metabolic signals in the control of food intake -- Stephen C. Woods Gastrointestinal signaling in the control of food intake -- Joel M. Kaplan and Timothy H. Moran Estrogenic inhibition of eating -- Nori Geary Anoxeria during disease -- Wolfgang Langhans Neural mechanisms of anorexia -- Alan G. Watts and Dawna Salter Studies of food intake Timothy J. Bartness and Gregory E. Demas -- Control of eating behavior in free-living humans -- John M. de Castro Thirst -- Edward M. Stricker Neurobiology of sodium appetite -- Richard S. Weisinger, John R. Blair-West, Peta Burns, et. al. "Volume 14 of Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology will be a valuable addition to the libraries of those interested in the study of neurosciences, nutrition, physiology, behavioral medicine, psychiatry, and neuroendocrinology."--BOOK JACKET.