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Allan N. Epstein award: Intracellular signaling and ingestive behaviors

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Abstract

Understanding the role of intracellular signaling pathways in ingestive behavior is a challenging problem in behavioral neuroscience. This review summarizes work conducted on two systems with the aim of identifying intracellular events that relate to food and fluid intake. The first set of experiments focused on melanocortin receptors and their ability to signal through members of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase family. The second set of experiments focused on the role of intracellular signaling pathways in water and saline intakes that are stimulated by angiotensin II (AngII). The initial findings in each line of research have been extended by subsequent research that is discussed in turn. The paper represents an invited review by a symposium, award winner or keynote speaker at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior [SSIB] Annual Meeting in Portland, July 2009.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)496-502
Number of pages7
JournalPhysiology and Behavior
Volume100
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010

Keywords

  • Angiotensin
  • Body fluid homeostasis
  • CAMP
  • Drinking
  • Food intake
  • Inositol trisphosphate
  • MAP kinase
  • Melanocortin
  • Salt intake
  • Water intake

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