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Sucrose intake lowers μ-opioid and dopamine D2/3 receptor availability in porcine brain
Excessive sucrose consumption elicits addiction-like craving that may underpin the obesity epidemic. Opioids and dopamine mediate the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse, and of natural rewards from stimuli such as palatable food. We investigated the effects of sucrose using PET imaging with [(11)C]...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31729425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53430-9 |