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Relation between food reinforcement and dopamine genotypes and its effect on food intake in smokers.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Jul 2004
Epstein Leonard H, Wright Suzanne M, Paluch Rocco A, Leddy John J, Hawk Larry W, Jaroni Jodie L, Saad Frances G, Crystal-Mansour Susan, Shields Peter G, Lerman Caryn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Food reinforcement and dopaminergic activity may influence food consumption, but research on whether they interact has not been performed. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effects of food reinforcement and the interaction of food reinforcement with the dopamine transporter (SLC6A3) genotype and the dopamine D(2) receptor (DRD(2)) genotype on energy consumption. DESIGN: We studied food-consumption and...
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