Alterations in dopaminergic circuitry play a critical role in food reward and may contribute to
susceptibility to obesity. Ingestion of sweets releases dopamine in striatum, and both sweet …

The obesity epidemic is believed to be driven by a food environment that promotes
consumption of inexpensive, convenient, high-calorie, palatable foods. Individual …

Dopamine (DA) regulates emotional and motivational behavior through the mesolimbic
dopaminergic pathway. Changes in DA signaling in mesolimbic neurotransmission are …

Dopamine's role in inhibitory control is well recognized and its disruption may contribute to
behavioral disorders of discontrol such as obesity. However, the mechanism by which …

Obesity is typically associated with abnormal eating behaviors. Brain imaging studies in
humans implicate the involvement of dopamine (DA)-modulated circuits in pathologic eating …

PET studies have provided mixed evidence regarding central D2/D3 dopamine receptor
binding and its relationship with obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI). Other …

Obesity is a major public health problem. The increasing number of obese individuals in the
US adds urgency to the efforts to understand the mechanisms underlying pathological …

Brain dopamine signaling is essential for the motivation to eat, and obesity is associated
with altered dopaminergic signaling and increased food craving. We used molecular …

Introduction: Dopamine (DA) regulates food intake by modulating food reward and
motivation but its involvement in obesity is much less understood. Recent evidence points to …

Introduction: The neurotransmitter dopamine is important in the regulation of food intake. It is
hypothesised that obese people experience less reward from food due to lower striatal …