Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 67-75

Journal: Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volume number: 60

ISSN: 0959-4388

eISSN: 1873-6882

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.10.004

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

Behavioral neuroscience aims to describe a causal relationship between neuronal processes and behavior. Animals' ever-changing physiological needs alter their internal states. Internal states then alter neuronal processes to adapt the behavior of the animal enabling it to meet its needs. Here, we describe nutrient-specific appetites as an attractive framework to study how internal states shape complex neuronal processes and resulting behavioral outcomes. Understanding how neurons detect nutrient states and how these are integrated at the level of neuronal circuits will provide a multilevel description of the mechanisms underlying complex feeding and foraging decisions.

Harvard Citation style: Münch, D., Ezra-Nevo, G., Francisco, A., Tastekin, I. and Ribeiro, C. (2020) Nutrient homeostasis - translating internal states to behavior, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 60, pp. 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.10.004

APA Citation style: Münch, D., Ezra-Nevo, G., Francisco, A., Tastekin, I., & Ribeiro, C. (2020). Nutrient homeostasis - translating internal states to behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 60, 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.10.004