Research paper
Berthoud HR. The vagus nerve, food intake and obesity. Regulatory Peptides. 2008;149(1-3):15-25. doi:10.1016/j.regpep.2007.08.024. PMID: 18482776.
Why we cite it
A review of how the vagus nerve carries food-related information from the gut, pancreas and liver to the brain, from peripheral sensors (mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, hormone receptors) through brainstem integration to forebrain modulation. It finds a ”crucial role” in satiation and ”little evidence suggesting a significant role in long-term energy homeostasis”.
About the author
Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, PhD, is the George H. Bray Professor of Neuroscience and Head of the Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System; PhD in Physiology and Behavior from ETH Zurich (1973); postdoctoral training at the University of Western Ontario and University of Geneva; Acting President of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour (SSIB); Co-Executive Editor of Appetite (2008–2014); Associate Editor of Gastroenterology (2016–2022). His laboratory employs behavioural, neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and electrophysiological approaches to map neural circuits from gut to brain.
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2007.08.024 · PubMed 18482776 · Publisher