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Obesity: Autonomic circuits versus feeding

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The central neural regulation of feeding and autonomic outflow are not always parallel in energy homeostasis, and a dysfunction of autonomic neural circuits rather than feeding behavior could be a primary causative factor in obesity.

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Figure 1: Autonomic and feeding circuits in the regulation of energy homeostasis.

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Nonogaki, K. Obesity: Autonomic circuits versus feeding. Nat Med 5, 742–743 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/10464

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