Diet-induced obesity promotes depressive-like behaviour that is associated with neural adaptations in brain reward circuitry

Impaired CNS Leptin Action Is Implicated in Depression Associated with Obesity

(2011) Nobuko Yamada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Psychoneuroimmunology Meets Neuropsychopharmacology: Translational Implications of the Impact of Inflammation on Behavior

(2011) Ebrahim Haroon et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

High-fat diet selectively protects against the effects of chronic social stress in the mouse

(2011) B.C. Finger et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Regulates Hedonic Feeding by Acting on the Mesolimbic Dopamine System

(2010) J. W. Cordeira et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

ΔFosB in brain reward circuits mediates resilience to stress and antidepressant responses

(2010) Vincent Vialou et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine D1 receptor gene expression decreases in the nucleus accumbens upon long-term exposure to palatable food and differs depending on diet-induced obesity phenotype in rats

(2010) J. Alsiö et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Voluntary exercise and palatable high-fat diet both improve behavioural profile and stress responses in male rats exposed to early life stress: Role of hippocampus

(2010) Jayanthi Maniam et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Molecular and genetic substrates linking stress and addiction

(2009) Lisa A. Briand et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Appetite and reward

(2009) Stephanie Fulton   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Depression and anxiety among US adults: associations with body mass index

(2009) G Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

CREB regulation of nucleus accumbens excitability mediates social isolation–induced behavioral deficits

(2009) Deanna L Wallace et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Deficits of mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission in rat dietary obesity

(2009) B.M. Geiger et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Palatable cafeteria diet ameliorates anxiety and depression-like symptoms following an adverse early environment

(2009) Jayanthi Maniam et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Exposure to elevated levels of dietary fat attenuates psychostimulant reward and mesolimbic dopamine turnover in the rat.

(2008) Jon F. Davis et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

ΔFosB-Mediated Alterations in Dopamine Signaling Are Normalized by a Palatable High-Fat Diet

(2008) Sarah L. Teegarden et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Evidence for defective mesolimbic dopamine exocytosis in obesity-prone rats

(2008) Brenda M. Geiger et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Low dopamine striatal D2 receptors are associated with prefrontal metabolism in obese subjects: Possible contributing factors

(2008) Nora D. Volkow et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Obesity in the WAGR Syndrome

(2008) Joan C. Han et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE