Neurobiology of Feeding in Health and Disease
Prerequisite: NEUR 101, BIOL 251.
Multiple interconnecting systems, coupling the brain with the rest of the body, signal the need to consume food and when to stop. The overall aim of the course is to understand what drives us to eat and how dysregulation within these brain circuits underlies the contemporary obesity crisis.
Outcomes: By completing this course, students will achieve an advanced understanding of the fundamental principles that govern the brain's control of energy homeostasis.
Multiple interconnecting systems, coupling the brain with the rest of the body, signal the need to consume food and when to stop. The overall aim of the course is to understand what drives us to eat and how dysregulation within these brain circuits underlies the contemporary obesity crisis.
Outcomes: By completing this course, students will achieve an advanced understanding of the fundamental principles that govern the brain's control of energy homeostasis.