Insulin in the ventral tegmental area reduces hedonic feeding and suppresses dopamine concentration via increased reuptake

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2336-2346

  Mebel, Dmitry M ^a   Wong, Jovi C Y ^a   Dong, Yifei J ^a   Borgland, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DA transporter; Dopamine; Insulin; Somatodendritic; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EATING; INSULIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PIPERAZINES; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84864816408     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08168.x     Document Type: Article

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