Article
Cocaine and desipramine elicit distinct striatal noradrenergic and behavioral responses in selectively bred obesity-resistant and obesity-prone rats.
Behavioural brain research - 2 Jul 2018
Vollbrecht Peter J, Nesbitt Kathryn M, Mabrouk Omar S, Chadderdon Aaron M, Jutkiewicz Emily M, Kennedy Robert T, Ferrario Carrie R
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have demonstrated a role for norepinephrine (NE) in energy regulation and feeding, and basal differences have been observed in hypothalamic NE systems in obesity-prone vs. obesity-resistant rats. Differences in the function of brain reward circuits, including in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), have been shown in obesity-prone vs. obesity-resistant populations, leading many researchers to explore the...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Temperature
- Central Nervous System Agents
- Cocaine
- Corpus Striatum
- Desipramine
- Dopamine
- Eating
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Male
