The Psychobiological System Diagram of Appetite Control

Category: Physician Guidelines | June 19, 2010 | Comments: 0 Comments
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A psychobiological system diagram below shown the control of appetite based on a its network of interactions forming part.

The Psychobiological System Diagram of Appetite Control

It conseptualized three levels: the levels of psychological events and behavioral operations, the level of peripheral physiology and metabolic events, and the level of neurotransmitter and metabolic interactions in the brain.

  1. PVN: paraventricular nucleus
  2. NST: nucleus of the tractus solitarius
  3. CCK: cholesystokinin
  4. FFA: free fatty acids
  5. T – LNAA : tryptophan – large neutral amino acids

(source: http://www.smw.ch/docs/pdf/1999_05/1999-05-306.PDF)

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