Food intake and energy expenditure are key regulators of body weight. To regulate food intake, the brain must integrate physiological signals and hedonic cues…
The autonomic nervous system, with its two branches the parasympathetic and the sympathetic, plays a pivotal role in the regulation of many physiological responses to maintain metabolic homeostasis in variable target tissues…
The autonomic nervous system, with its two branches the parasympathetic and the sympathetic, plays a pivotal role in the regulation of many physiological responses to maintain metabolic homeostasis in variable target tissues…
Background: Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common consequence of abdominal surgery and a neuroinflammation-based disorder of the gastrointestinal tract, which results in motility disturbances compromising patients' recovery…
SOCIETY: AGA This session is a landmark research event that aims to delve into the fascinating and complex relationship between gut microbiome and key regulator organs of energy metabolism through the gastrointestinal tract…
BACKGROUND: Our previous research has showed that increased sympathetic nervous activity and decreased cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) were associated with increased energy expenditure and weight loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in mice…