How specific molecules can lead to overeating

Elife. 2023 Oct 27:12:e93090. doi: 10.7554/eLife.93090.

Abstract

A molecular pathway involving compounds found in processed foods and biogenic amines increases food intake and aging in the roundworm C. elegans.

Keywords: C. elegans; advanced glycation end-products; elt-3; feeding; genetics; genomics; glod-4; neuroscience; pharyngeal pumping; tyramine.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biogenic Amines / metabolism
  • Caenorhabditis elegans* / metabolism
  • Hyperphagia
  • Nematoda*

Substances

  • Biogenic Amines