Common cellular and molecular mechanisms in obesity and drug addiction

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 638-651

  Kenny, Paul J ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Behavioral and Molecular Neuroscience   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NICOTINE; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SIRTUIN 1;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONGENITAL LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOLOGY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG USE; EPIGENETICS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HEREDITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80054800194     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3105     Document Type: Review

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