“…Other factors such as fluid balance in the brain and the hormones that control it (vasopressin and naturitic hormone; Frank, Kaye, Altemus, & Greeno, 2000;Gold, Kaye, Robertson, & Ebert, 1983), brain tissue antibodies (Harel, Hallett, Riggs, Vaz, & Kiessling, 2001), and a host of gene products may be related to the changes seen in the starved brain. We hypothesize that of all these factors, IGF-1 and possibly IGF-2 may be the most promising factors controlling the brain tissue changes observed in starvation and refeeding.…”