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Dopaminergic enhancement of local food-seeking is under global homeostatic control.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Jan 2012
Beeler Jeff A, Frazier Cristianne R M, Zhuang Xiaoxi
Abstract excerpt
Recent work has implicated dopaminergic mechanisms in overeating and obesity with some researchers suggesting parallels between the dopamine dysregulation associated with addiction and an analogous dysregulation in obesity. The precise role of dopamine in mediating reward and reinforcement, however, remains controversial. In contrast to drugs of abuse, pursuit of a natural reward, such as food, is regulated by...
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