Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 1789-1799.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.07.003

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Food Intake and Hypothalamic Energy Balance

MA Tianying, LI Yilin, DONG Xinyue, SI Rongrong, BAI Xue, WANG Zixu, CHEN Yaoxing, CAO Jing*   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2020-11-03 Online:2021-07-23 Published:2021-07-23

Abstract: Energy balance refers to the process of balance between energy intake and energy expenditure, and only when the body is in energy balance can it keep normal life activities. There are numbers of feeding related nucleus in the hypothalamus, which form a complex and sophisticated neural network, and hypothalamus acts as the key junction of neural and endocrine regulation on energy balance. This review will discuss the function of hypothalamus in food intake and energy balance from the nucleus, neuropeptide, neural projection and peripheral hormones that affect the energy balance of hypothalamus.

Key words: energy balance, hypothalamus, neuropeptide, peripheral hormones

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