Figure 2.

The regulation of food intake at the level of the CNS. Green arrows mean “stimulation”, whereas the red ones stand for “inhibition”. The abbreviations are defined as follows: α-MSH—α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone; AgRP—agouti-related peptide; CART—cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript; CCK—cholecystokinin, GLP-1—glucagon-like peptide 1; LCFA-CoA—long-chain fatty acyl-CoA; MC4R—melanocortin-4 receptor; NPY—neuropeptide Y; NPY5R—NPY receptor type 5; POMC—proopiomelanocortin; PYY—peptide YY.