NEUROPEPTIDERGIC REGULATION OF FEEDING-BEHAVIOR - NEUROPEPTIDE-Y

Neuroendocrine control of feeding behavior is multifactorial, involvin g a variety of peripheral and central signals. Neuropeptides, catechol amines, and serotonin constitute the signals of the feeding circuitry acting primarily in the brain, especially at the hypothalamic level. I n this review, an attempt is made to summarize the recent progress mad e in our continuing effort to understand the regulation of feeding beh avior by neuropeptides, particularly those that stimulate feeding. A s pecial emphasis has been placed on a neuropeptide of the pancreatic po lypeptide family-neuropeptide Y (NPY).