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Obesity attenuates D(2) autoreceptor‐mediated inhibition of putative ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) in the midbrain is important for food reward. High‐fat containing palatable foods have reinforcing effects and accelerate obesity. We have previously reported that diet‐induced obesity selectively decreased the spontaneous activity of VTA GABA neurons, but not dopami...

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Autores principales: Koyama, Susumu, Mori, Masayoshi, Kanamaru, Syohei, Sazawa, Takuya, Miyazaki, Ayano, Terai, Hiroki, Hirose, Shinichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4098733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24793981
http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12004