Cardiac complications resulting from cocaine use have been extensively studied because of
the complicated pathophysiological mechanisms. This study aims to review the underlying …

Background and aims Binge eating disorder (BED) is a relatively common condition,
especially in young adult females, and is characterized by chronic over-consumption of food …

Objective: A rat model of diet-induced obesity (DIO) was used to determine dopamine
transporter (DAT) function, impulsivity and motivation as neurobehavioral outcomes and …

Obesity is damaging the lives of more than 300 million people worldwide and maintaining a
healthy weight using popular weight loss tactics remains a very difficult undertaking …

Nicotine usage by mothers throughout pregnancy has been observed to relate to numerous
deleterious effects in children, especially relating to obesity. Children who have prenatally …

The selection and optimization of appropriate adaptive responses depends on interoceptive
and exteroceptive stimuli as well as on the animal's ability to switch from one behavioral …

Bromocriptine (BC), a sympatholytic dopaminergic D2 receptor agonist, has been
comprehensively used in clinic to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) and prolactinomas …

Morphine and other opioid analgesics are the drugs of election to treat moderate-to-severe
pain, and they elicit their actions by binding to the opioid receptors. Cocaine is a potent …

For many individuals in treatment for cocaine dependence, weight gain is a substantial
problem during recovery. This weight gain causes significant distress and seems to increase …

Differential sensing of dietary fat and fatty acids by the oral cavity is proposed to regulate the
susceptibility to obesity. In the current experiments, animals that differ in their susceptibility to …