Integrating Hunger with Rival Motivations

• Published in: Trends in endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 495 - 507
• Main Authors: Hickey, Ames K. Sutton, Krashes, Michael J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2020
• Subjects: AgRP neurons; Animals; behavior; Endocrinology and Metabolism; energy status; Feeding Behavior - physiology; food consumption; Humans; Hunger - physiology; Motivation - physiology; motivational drive; neural circuits; Neurons - metabolism; food consumption; energy status; behavior; AgRP neurons; motivational drive; neural circuits; e nergy status

Motivated behaviors have fascinated neuroscientists and ethologists for decades due to their necessity for organism survival. Motivations guide behavioral choice through an intricate synthesis of internal state detection, external stimulus exposure, and learned associations. One critical motivation,...