Dopamine and food reward: Effects of acute tyrosine/phenylalanine depletion on appetite

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1202-1207

  Hardman, Charlotte A ^a   Herbert, Vanessa M B ^a   Brunstrom, Jeffrey M ^a   Munafò, Marcus R ^a   Rogers, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Food reward; Liking; Motivation; Over eating

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ACUTE TYROSINE PHENYLALANINE DEPLETION; ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPETITE REGULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOPAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHENYLALANINE; REFERENCE VALUES; REWARD; TYROSINE;

EID: 84855782459     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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