The Ponderostat: From Behavior to Neural Substrates

Foreword

• P Boisvert
• D Richard

Introduction

• D Richard

Clinical implications of the ponderostat concept: view from the chair

• A Tremblay

Regulation and the ponderostat

• M Cabanac

Psychobiology of food preferences

• A Sclafani

Brain reward circuitry and the regulation of energy balance

• P Shizgal
• S Fulton
• B Woodside

An adipose-specific control of thermogenesis in body weight regulation

• AG Dulloo
• J Jacquet

Endocrine and neuroendocrine signals of energy stores: view from the chair

• E Ur
• M Wilkinson

Insulin as an adiposity signal

• SC Woods
• RJ Seeley

Within-meal gut feedback signaling

• TH Moran
• EE Ladenheim
• GJ Schwartz

Glucagon-like peptide containing pathways in the regulation of feeding behaviour

• M Tang-Christensen
• N Vrang
• PJ Larsen

Cytokines and feeding

• CR Plata-Salamán

Leptin action in the brain: view from the chair

• C Billington

The NPY/AgRP neuron and energy homeostasis

• GJ Morton
• MW Schwartz

The arcuate nucleus as a conduit for diverse signals relevant to energy homeostasis

• RD Cone
• MA Cowley
• MJ Low

Glucosensing neurons do more than just sense glucose

• BE Levin

Interoceptive and integrative contributions of forebrain and brainstem to energy balance control

• HJ Grill
• JM Kaplan

Hypothalamic pathways underlying the endocrine, autonomic, and behavioral effects of leptin

• JK Elmquist

Author Index