TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of striatal dopamine signaling in compulsive eating associated with obesity
AU - O'Connor, Richard M.
AU - Kenny, Paul J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - As access to inexpensive energy-dense foods increases and lifestyles become ever more sedentary obesity levels have climbed. The mesoaccumbens dopamine system is essential to maintaining appropriate control over feeding and associated behaviors. Emerging evidence suggests that consumption of highly palatable energy-dense food profoundly impacts mesoaccumbens dopamine neurotransmission and downstream signaling cascades in cortical and limbic regions. Furthermore, it is increasingly clear that dysregulation of dopamine receptor function contributes to the emergence of compulsive food intake, which likely contributes to weight gain, development of obesity and difficulties losing weight. Understanding the nature of these perturbations in mesoaccumbens dopamine may reveal novel strategies for medications development to combat obesity and obesity-associated diseases.
AB - As access to inexpensive energy-dense foods increases and lifestyles become ever more sedentary obesity levels have climbed. The mesoaccumbens dopamine system is essential to maintaining appropriate control over feeding and associated behaviors. Emerging evidence suggests that consumption of highly palatable energy-dense food profoundly impacts mesoaccumbens dopamine neurotransmission and downstream signaling cascades in cortical and limbic regions. Furthermore, it is increasingly clear that dysregulation of dopamine receptor function contributes to the emergence of compulsive food intake, which likely contributes to weight gain, development of obesity and difficulties losing weight. Understanding the nature of these perturbations in mesoaccumbens dopamine may reveal novel strategies for medications development to combat obesity and obesity-associated diseases.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.04.014
DO - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.04.014
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84966479865
SN - 2352-1546
VL - 9
SP - 152
EP - 157
JO - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
JF - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
ER -