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FOOD INTAKE, SATIETY AND PEPTIDE HORMONES OF THE BRAIN-GUT AXIS |
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| Abstract: | Cholecystokinin relays satiety signals to the central nervous system in addition to its well-known actions of stimulating pancreas exocrine secretion and gallbladder contraction. Its possible usefulness as an appetite depressant in obesity is reviewed. |
| Keywords: | cholecystokinin satiety appetite depressant gut-brain peptide hormones hypothalamus |