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  1. TITLE OF ARTICLE: Eater's High
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  3.               AUTHOR: Raeburn, Paul
  4.               JOURNAL NAME: American Health
  5.               DATE: Dec., 1987
  6.               PAGE(S) 41-42
  7.               ACCESSION NUMBER: 08
  8.               SENSE(S): Taste
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  10.               ABSTRACT: This article is concerned about the
  11.               pleasure-giving effects eating has in connection
  12.               with certain chemicals produced in the human brain.
  13.               Endorphins are mentioned throughout the article as
  14.               well as other neurotransmitters. Hungers for
  15.               specific types of food, such as carbohydrates,
  16.               fats, proteins appear, according to research, to be
  17.               triggered by specific brain chemicals. Brain
  18.               chemicals can trigger hunger or a lack of appetite.
  19.               The brain's neurotransmitters can become imbalanced
  20.               when abnormal dieting patterns are practiced;
  21.               erratic eating signals could result.
  22.               <LK150 NEUROLOGICAL - ARTICLE THEMES>
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  27. RESEARCHERS QUOTED IN ARTICLE:
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  29.               Cain, William. A psychologist at Yale University
  30.               who studies the sense of smell. Commented on the
  31.               increase of taste pleasure when we are hungry or
  32.               thirsty.
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  34.               Civille, Gail Vance. President of Sensory Spectrum,
  35.               East Hanover, N.J., and food industry consultant.
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  37.               Drewnowski, Adam. Psychologist and biochemist at
  38.               the University of Michigan. Commented on the
  39.               connection between stress and endorphins.
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  41.               Leibowitz, Sarah. Neurobiologist at the Rockefeller
  42.               University, New York. Researcher in the area of the
  43.               effect of food on brain chemicals.
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  45.               Wurtman, Richard. Neurochemist at M.I.T Commented
  46.               on the place of serotonin in appetite regulation.
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