Consuming a low-fat diet from weaning to adulthood reverses the programming of food preferences in male, but not in female, offspring of ‘junk food’-fed rat dams

Chronic intake of a cafeteria diet and subsequent abstinence. Sex-specific effects on gene expression in the mesolimbic reward system

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Neural and metabolic regulation of macronutrient intake and selection

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Maternal “junk-food” feeding of rat dams alters food choices and development of the mesolimbic reward pathway in the offspring

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Chronic High-Fat Diet Drives Postnatal Epigenetic Regulation of μ-Opioid Receptor in the Brain

(2011) Zivjena Vucetic et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Effects of systemic or nucleus accumbens-directed dopamine D1 receptor antagonism on sucrose seeking in rats

(2011) Jeffrey W. Grimm et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Maternal High-Fat Diet Alters Methylation and Gene Expression of Dopamine and Opioid-Related Genes

(2010) Zivjena Vucetic et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

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

(2010) Paul M Johnson et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine receptor expression and distribution dynamically change in the rat nucleus accumbens after withdrawal from cocaine self-administration

(2010) K.L. Conrad et al.   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

Maternal high-fat intake alters presynaptic regulation of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens and increases motivation for fat rewards in the offspring

(2010) L. Naef et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Long-term physiological and behavioral effects of exposure to a highly palatable diet during the perinatal and post-weaning periods

(2010) Uri Shalev et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Preference or fat? Revisiting opioid effects on food intake

(2010) Sharif A. Taha   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Maternal and postweaning diet interaction alters hypothalamic gene expression and modulates response to a high-fat diet in male offspring

(2009) Kathleen C. Page et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Early life exposure to a high fat diet promotes long-term changes in dietary preferences and central reward signaling

(2009) S.L. Teegarden et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Maternal Obesity Induced by Diet in Rats Permanently Influences Central Processes Regulating Food Intake in Offspring

(2009) Shona L. Kirk et al.   PLoS One

Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Circuitry is Programmed by Maternal Obesity: Interaction with Postnatal Nutritional Environment

(2009) Hui Chen et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for defective mesolimbic dopamine exocytosis in obesity-prone rats

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

Maternal High-Fat Diet and Fetal Programming: Increased Proliferation of Hypothalamic Peptide-Producing Neurons That Increase Risk for Overeating and Obesity

(2008) G.-Q. Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Offspring from mothers fed a ‘junk food’ diet in pregnancy and lactation exhibit exacerbated adiposity that is more pronounced in females

(2008) S. A. Bayol et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Diet-Induced Obesity in Female Mice Leads to Offspring Hyperphagia, Adiposity, Hypertension, and Insulin Resistance

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