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Regulation of novelty seeking by midbrain dopamine D2/D3 signaling and ghrelin is altered in obesity

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship of novelty seeking traits (NS) with midbrain dopamine (DA) receptors and acyl ghrelin levels (AG) in normal weight (NW) and obese females. NS predict addictive behaviors and are hypothesized to contribute to eating behaviors. In healthy, NS are negatively a...

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Autores principales: Savage, Shane W., Zald, David H., Cowan, Ronald L., Volkow, Nora D., Marks-Shulman, Pamela A., Kessler, Robert M., Abumrad, Naji N., Dunn, Julia P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24415718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20690