Reward, dopamine and the control of food intake: Implications for obesity

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Volkow, Nora D ^a   Wang, Gene Jack ^b   Baler, Ruben D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CONTROL; DOPAMINERGIC PATHWAYS; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTATIC PROCESS; NEURONAL CIRCUITS; NEURONAL SYSTEMS; NEUROPEPTIDES; REWARD SENSITIVITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BRAIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMYLIN; BOMBESIN; CANNABINOID; DOPAMINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OPIATE; OREXIN; SEROTONIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY MASS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DEMENTIA; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENERGY BALANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE; EATING; HUMANS; OBESITY; REWARD;

EID: 78650752631     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.11.001     Document Type: Review

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