Effects of diet and insulin on dopamine transporter activity and expression in rat caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens, and midbrain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 728-740

  Jones, Kymry T ^a   Woods, Catherine ^b   Zhen, Juan ^a   Antonio, Tamara ^a   Carr, Kenneth D ^a   Reith, Maarten E A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFT; dopamine uptake; food restriction; insulin; obesity; rotating disk electrode voltammetry

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; DRD2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PUTAMEN; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DIET; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PUTAMEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 85011317576     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13930     Document Type: Article

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