Université de Fribourg

Rev‐erbα modulates the hypothalamic orexinergic system to influence pleasurable feeding behaviour in mice

Feillet, Céline A. ; Bainier, Claire ; Mateo, Maria ; Blancas-Velázquez, Aurea ; Salaberry, Nora L. ; Ripperger, Jürgen A. ; Albrecht, Urs ; Mendoza, Jorge

In: Addiction Biology, 2017, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 411–422

The drive to eat is regulated by two compensatory brain pathways termed as homeostatic and hedonic. Hypothalamic orexinergic (ORX) neurons regulate metabolism, feeding and reward, thus controlling physiological and hedonic appetite. Circadian regulation of feeding, metabolism and rhythmic activity of ORX cells are driven by the brain suprachiasmatic clock. How the circadian clock impacts on...