A putative model of overeating and obesity based on brain-derived neurotrophic factor: Direct and indirect effects

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-514

  Ooi, Cara L ^a   Kennedy, James L ^a,b   Levitan, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dopamine; Eating behavior; Obesity; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; BIOGENIC AMINE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BDNF GENE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMPULSIVENESS; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPERPHAGIA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY;

EID: 84871871088     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028600     Document Type: Review

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