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Carbohydrate Reward and Psychosis: An Explanation For Neuroleptic Induced Weight Gain and Path to Improved Mental Health?

Evidence links dopamine release in the mid-brain to the pathophysiology of psychosis, addiction and reward. Repeated ingestion of refined carbohydrate may stimulate the same mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway, rewarding such eating behaviour and resulting in excessive food intake along with obesity. In...

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Autores principales: Thornley, Simon, Russell, Bruce, Kydd, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22131945
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157015911795596513