Swansea University College Of Medicine: Neuroscience

2. Neurobiology of appetite regulation

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Synopsis

Phil tells Sam why his weight is fairly stable, what happens in his brain when he gets hungry and what changes when he has eaten. We talk about the adipostat, leptin, ghrelin and obesity, why we choose particular foods and how dopamine, opioids and (probably) serotonin are involved.