Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates hedonic feeding by acting on the mesolimbic dopamine system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2533-2541

  Cordeira, Joshua W ^a   Frank, Lauren ^a   Sena Esteves, Miguel ^b   Pothos, Emmanuel N ^a   Rios, Maribel ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIETARY FATS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; EATING; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; REWARD; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77249134520     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5768-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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