Endocrine Abstracts

During the last two decades attention has been focused on the role of different neuropeptides in hypothalamic control of feeding behavior. Se-veral hypothalamic peptides that participate in the control of ingestive behavior are produced in neuronal cell bodies of the arcuate nucleus and/or the lateral hypothalamic area. Apart from producing orexigenic or anorexigenic compounds of peptidergic nature, it has recently become apparent that these neurons also produce several classi...