Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite.

By A. Abizaid, Zhong-Wu Liu, Z. Andrews, M. Shanabrough, Erzsébet Borók, J. Elsworth, R. Roth, M. Sleeman, M. Picciotto, Matthias Tschöp and 2 more. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2006

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Subfields: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology

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Citations in the corpus

• Pro v Con Reviews: Is Food Addictive? (2012, background): “Moreover, neurons in the VTA and/or NAc express GLP-1 (24,25), ghrelin (26,27), leptin (28,29), insulin (30), orexin (31) and melanocortin receptors (32).”
• Mitochondrial ROS signaling in organismal homeostasis. (2015, background): “neurons and to prevent their impairment and death in models of Parkinson’s disease (Abizaid et al., 2006; Andrews et al., 2009).”
• Reward Mechanisms in Obesity: New Insights and Future Directions (2011, background): “Periods of extended access to cocaine and other drugs of abuse can drive the emergence of compulsive drug-taking behaviors in rats (Ahmed and Koob, 1998; Deroche-Gamonet et al., 2004; Vanderschuren and Everitt, 2004).”