… in food intake remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate a role for D1-type dopamine
receptor–expressing neurons … Food intake increases activity in D1 neurons of the mPFC in mice, …

… impairments in dopaminergic pathways that regulate neuronal systems … of dopamine cells
and their projections into regions involved in the rewarding processes underlying food intake. …

… and neuronal response that ultimately modifies food intake; 2) initiation and termination of
a meal, thereby determining the number and size of a meal under normal conditions; and 3) a …

… via direct action on VTA dopamine neurons. Here, we present data … dopamine neurons and
that modulation of VTA Lepr signaling can modify dopamine neuron activity and food intake. …

… cells in the VTA express receptors for numerous molecules important in the central regulation
of food intake. Dopamine neurons project widely to numerous areas that express D1 and …

… whether activation of dopamine neurons promotes or reduces feeding, we propose that
enhancing activity of mesolimbic DA neurons both stimulates and inhibits food intake, by …

… Similar to optogenetic stimulation of AgRP neurons, activation of ARC Drd1 neurons
induced rapid and reversible food intake, 1-h intake in Drd1 stimulated: 0.60 ± 0.13 g; AgRP …

… The literature on dopamine and food intake is vast and here we attempt to distill some of the
… To our knowledge, deficits in free-feeding have never been reported after dopamine neuron …

… postingestive feedback on dopaminergic neuronal activity has … dopaminergic neurons in
postingestive reinforcement of food-seeking behaviors, we monitored VTA dopaminergic neuron …

… Furthermore, leptin receptor activation inhibits firing of VTA dopamine neurons (17)… food
intake (18). Imaging studies in human patients confirm the involvement of mesolimbic dopamine …