Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE

Amount

$384,624.00

Award Date

8/11/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Although energy homeostasis is central in determining feeding behavior, the decision to eat or stop eating is largely controlled by the reward pathway. Research on the homeostatic system has been central to our understanding of energy balance and obesity,