[HTML][HTML] Sugar addiction: from evolution to revolution

DA Wiss, N Avena, P Rada - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The obesity epidemic has been widely publicized in the media worldwide. Investigators at all
levels have been looking for factors that have contributed to the development of this …

Vigor, effort-related aspects of motivation and anhedonia

MT Treadway, JD Salamone - Anhedonia: preclinical, translational, and …, 2022 - Springer
In this chapter we provide an overview of the pharmacological and circuit mechanisms that
determine the willingness to expend effort in pursuit of rewards. A particular focus will be on …

A D2 to D1 shift in dopaminergic inputs to midbrain 5-HT neurons causes anorexia in mice

X Cai, H Liu, B Feng, M Yu, Y He, H Liu, C Liang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Midbrain dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) neurons regulate motivated behaviors,
including feeding, but less is known about how these circuits may interact. In this study, we …

A POMC-originated circuit regulates stress-induced hypophagia, depression, and anhedonia

N Qu, Y He, C Wang, P Xu, Y Yang, X Cai, H Liu… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Chronic stress causes dysregulations of mood and energy homeostasis, but the
neurocircuitry underlying these alterations remain to be fully elucidated. Here we …

A putative loop connection between VTA dopamine neurons and nucleus accumbens encodes positive valence to compensate for hunger

X Cui, Q Tong, H Xu, C Xie, L Xiao - Progress in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Dopamine (DA) signal play pivotal roles in regulating motivated behaviors, including feeding
behavior, but the role of midbrain DA neurons in modulating food intake and neural circuitry …

[HTML][HTML] GLP-1 and hunger modulate incentive motivation depending on insulin sensitivity in humans

R Hanssen, AC Kretschmer, L Rigoux, K Albus… - Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To regulate food intake, our brain constantly integrates external cues, such as the
incentive value of a potential food reward, with internal state signals, such as hunger …

Modulating dopamine signaling and behavior with chemogenetics: concepts, progress, and challenges

AH Runegaard, CM Fitzpatrick, DPD Woldbye… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - ASPET
For more than 60 years, dopamine (DA) has been known as a critical modulatory
neurotransmitter regulating locomotion, reward-based motivation, and endocrine functions …

Zona incerta dopamine neurons encode motivational vigor in food seeking

Q Ye, J Nunez, X Zhang - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Energy deprivation triggers food seeking to ensure homeostatic consumption, but the neural
coding of motivational vigor in food seeking during physical hunger remains unknown. Here …

Oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the paraventricular thalamus regulate feeding motivation through excitatory projections to the nucleus accumbens core

Q Ye, J Nunez, X Zhang - Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Oxytocin receptors (OTR) have been found in the paraventricular thalamus (PVT) for the
regulation of feeding and maternal behaviors. However, the functional projections of OTR …

Somatodendritic release of cholecystokinin potentiates GABAergic synapses onto ventral tegmental area dopamine cells

VM Damonte, MB Pomrenze, CE Manning, C Casper… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Neuropeptides are contained in nearly every neuron in the central nervous
system and can be released not only from nerve terminals but also from somatodendritic …