Hedonic and incentive signals for body weight control

Modulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system by leptin

(2010) Darren M. Opland et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Ventral Tegmental Area Leptin Receptor Neurons Specifically Project to and Regulate Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Neurons of the Extended Central Amygdala

(2010) R. L. Leshan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Direct Innervation and Modulation of Orexin Neurons by Lateral Hypothalamic LepRb Neurons

(2010) G. W. Louis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine D2 receptors in addiction-like reward dysfunction and compulsive eating in obese rats

(2010) Paul M Johnson et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Reward circuitry responsivity to food predicts future increases in body mass: Moderating effects of DRD2 and DRD4

(2010) Eric Stice et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Reversible suppression of food reward behavior by chronic mu-opioid receptor antagonism in the nucleus accumbens

(2010) A.C. Shin et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Reinforcing efficacy of fat, as assessed by progressive ratio responding, depends upon availability not amount consumed

(2010) F.H.E. Wojnicki et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Role of orexin/hypocretin in reward-seeking and addiction: Implications for obesity

(2010) Angie M. Cason et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Central dopaminergic circuitry controlling food intake and reward: implications for the regulation of obesity

(2010) Zivjena Vucetic et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Systems Biology and Medicine

Ghrelin Increases the Rewarding Value of High-Fat Diet in an Orexin-Dependent Manner

(2009) Mario Perello et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The plausibility of sugar addiction and its role in obesity and eating disorders

(2009) David Benton   CLINICAL NUTRITION

Appetite and reward

(2009) Stephanie Fulton   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Appetite control and energy balance regulation in the modern world: reward-driven brain overrides repletion signals

(2009) H Zheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Personality Predicts the Brain's Response to Viewing Appetizing Foods: The Neural Basis of a Risk Factor for Overeating

(2009) L. Passamonti et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Deficits of mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission in rat dietary obesity

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

Relation of obesity to consummatory and anticipatory food reward

(2009) Eric Stice et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

An expanded view of energy homeostasis: Neural integration of metabolic, cognitive, and emotional drives to eat

(2009) Andrew C. Shin et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Requirement of central ghrelin signaling for alcohol reward

(2009) E. Jerlhag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Withdrawal from free-choice high-fat high-sugar diet induces craving only in obesity-prone animals

(2009) Chris Pickering et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Insulin, leptin, and food reward: update 2008

(2008) Dianne P. Figlewicz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Ghrelin Modulates Brain Activity in Areas that Control Appetitive Behavior

(2008) Saima Malik et al.   Cell Metabolism

Activating Parabrachial Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors Selectively Stimulates Feeding of Palatable Foods in Rats

(2008) N. V. DiPatrizio et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Catechol O-methyltransferase val158-met polymorphism is associated with abdominal obesity and blood pressure in men

(2008) Kristina Annerbrink et al.   METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL

Widespread reward-system activation in obese women in response to pictures of high-calorie foods

(2008) Luke E. Stoeckel et al.   NEUROIMAGE

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

(2008) Nora D. Volkow et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Food Reward in the Absence of Taste Receptor Signaling

(2008) Ivan E. de Araujo et al.   NEURON

Neural Systems Controlling the Drive to Eat: Mind Versus Metabolism

(2008) Huiyuan Zheng et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Relation Between Obesity and Blunted Striatal Response to Food Is Moderated by TaqIA A1 Allele

(2008) E. Stice et al.   SCIENCE

Altered dopamine D2 receptor function and binding in obese OLETF rat

(2007) Andras Hajnal et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

Pharmacological enhancement of the endocannabinoid system in the nucleus accumbens shell stimulates food intake and increases c-Fos expression in the hypothalamus

(2007) E Soria-Gómez et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Pretreatment with subeffective doses of Rimonabant attenuates orexigenic actions of orexin A-hypocretin 1

(2007) Inmaculada Crespo et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake

(2007) Nicole M. Avena et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS