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1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of energy balance
3. Sensing nutrient supply is crucial
4. Sensing nutrients in the alimentary canal (1)
5. Sensing nutrients in the alimentary canal (2)
6. The peripheral taste system
7. A taste for fat
8. Sensing nutrients in the alimentary canal (3)
9. Vagal sensors in the gastric intestinal tract
10. Sensing nutrients in the alimentary canal (4)
11. CCKA cells and CCKA receptor
12. Sensing nutrients in the alimentary canal (5)
13. Sensing absorbed nutrients (1)
14. Sensing absorbed nutrients (2)
15. Schema of the rat hypothalamus
16. Genetic-molecular dissection
17. Grill's decerebrate rat model
18. Monogenic obesity: the power of leptin-deficiency
19. Regulatory mechanisms
20. Resistance to leptin
21. Environmental view of obesity
22. Thrifty genes,and an "obesogenic" environment
23. The "other" brain involved in energy balance
24. The honeybee: fitness through dancing
25. The honeybee: finding food
26. Getting food used to take lots of brain work
27. Environment versus genetics: Pima Indians
28. Cognitive controls of food intake
29. Conditioned food intake
30. Eating and memory
31. The contribution of expanding portion sizes
32. Portion size and energy density
33. Obesity by choice in rats
34. Palatability and food reward (1)
35. Palatability and food reward (2)
36. Food and human brain activity
37. Imaginary food and brain activity
38. Extended neural system controlling appetite
39. Cognitive brain trumps metabolic brain
40. Conclusions

Topics Covered

• Sensing nutrients in the alimentary canal
• Sensing absorbed nutrients
• Hindbrain control of meal size
• Hypothalamic control of energy balance
• Environmental influences on body weight regulation
• Cognitive controls of food intake
• Food as reward

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Series:

• Obesity

Categories:

• Metabolism & Nutrition

Therapeutic Areas:

• Cardiovascular & Metabolic

Talk Citation

Berthoud, H. (2007, October 1). Neural control of food intake and energy balance [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/OCOM9290.
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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Hans-Rudolf Berthoud has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.