2014 Apr;15(4):204. doi: 10.1038/nrn3711. Epub 2014 Feb 26.
Sensory systems: the hungry sense.
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- The endocannabinoid system controls food intake via olfactory processes. [Nat Neurosci. 2014]
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Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Substances
Publication Types
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists/pharmacology*
- Eating/physiology*
- Endocannabinoids/physiology*
- Feeding Behavior/physiology*
- Male
- Olfactory Pathways/physiology*
- Olfactory Perception/physiology*
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/metabolism*
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology*
Substances
SENSORY SYSTEMS
The hungry sense
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
15,
204–205
doi:10.1038/nrn3711
- Published online
Hunger can enhance one’s sense of smell and thereby increase food intake; however, the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are incompletely understood. Marsicano and colleagues now show that, in mice, endocannabinoid signalling decreases the excitatory drive from the olfactory cortex to the main olfactory bulb (MOB), increasing the detection of food odours and, consequently, enha…
