Fish are the most diversified group of vertebrates and, although progress has been made in
the past years, only relatively few fish species have been examined to date, with regards to�…

Cardiac complications resulting from cocaine use have been extensively studied because of
the complicated pathophysiological mechanisms. This study aims to review the underlying�…

Neuropathic pain is a complex chronic condition characterized by various sensory,
cognitive, and affective symptoms. A large percentage of patients with neuropathic pain are�…

Dietary intake changes during the course of aging. Normally an increase in food intake is
observed around 55 years of age, which is followed by a reduction in food intake in�…

Impairments in response inhibition and salience attribution (iRISA) have been proposed to
underlie the clinical symptoms of drug addiction as mediated by cortico-striatal-thalamo�…

BACKGROUND: There has been a recent upsurge of interest in the role of hypothalamic
feeding peptides, in particular, orexin (hypocretin), in drug-seeking behavior. However, the�…

Background: Over the last decades, remarkable progresses have been accomplished
regarding the understanding of the neurophysiologic and neuropharmacological bases of�…

Pancreatic lipase (PL), a crucial enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of dietary lipids, has
been validated as a key therapeutic target to prevent and treat obesity-associated metabolic�…

Recent advances in MR-based brain imaging methods have provided unprecedented
capabilities to visualize the brain. Application of these methods has allowed identification of�…

Over the last 35 years, the continuous discovery of novel neuropeptides has been the key to
the better understanding of how the central nervous system has integrated with neuronal�…